Volume : 3, Issue : 2, February - 2014

Assessment of nutritional status and its socio–Demographic Determinants Amongst Children Aged 6–23M in An Urban Area of Delhi

Dewesh Kumar, Late Ak Sharma , B. Dhiman, Mahendra Singh

Abstract :

Malnutrition in children continues to be the major public health problem in the Indian community. The study aimed to assess the nutritional status and its association with various socio-demographic determinants in children aged 6-23 months in Mehrauli, Delhi. It was a community based cross sectional study done on 309 children where all the mothers of the subjects were interviewed and anthropometric measurements were taken. According to WHO Child Growth Standards, there were 37.9% children who were underweight while 2.9% were severely underweight, 34.3 % and 3.6% of the children were stunted and severely stunted respectively and 22.3% of children were wasted. Underweight ,stunting and wasting was more in males, lower and upper lower socioeconomic status whereas less in birth order(2), birth interval(2-5) and Three generation families and was statistically significant(p<0.05).