Volume : 7, Issue : 9, September - 2018

Nutritional status among school going children in Rajabari village, Guwahati, Northeast India.

Mrs Nirmali Gogoi

Abstract :

INTRODUCTION:Nutritional status is an important indicator of quality of life of the children. Malnutrition is one of the major problem in India. Poor nutrition causes nearly half (45%) of deaths in children under five- about 3.1 million children every year. As per National Family Health Survey (NFHS) 3 (2005-06) in India: 48% of children under age five years are stunted (height for age) which indicates that, half of the country’s children are chronically malnourished. As per NFHS-3  in Assam (2005-06): 46.5% of children under age five years were stunted (height for age), 13.7% of under five children were wasted (weight for age), 4% of under five children were severely wasted (weight for height) and  36.4% of under five children were underweight (weight for age). So the aim of this study was to assess the nutritional status among school going children in Rajabari village, Guwahati, Northeast India.<o:p></o:p> MATERIAL AND METHODS: In this study, the research design adopted was cross-sectional survey design. The sample size was 147 school children by using non probability convenience sampling technique. The tool used for the research study was demographic performa and semi-structure interview schedule. Observational check list of anthropometry measurement was used.<o:p></o:p> RESULTS AND ANALYSIS: The result showed that majority of children 84(57.15%) were suffering malnutrition and only 63 (42.86%) were in normal status.According to IAP classification,it showed that 63 (42.86%) were normal, 34 (23.12%) mild-moderate malnutrition, 28(19.04%) moderate malnutrition, 15 (10.20%) severe malnutrition and 7(4.76%) very severe malnutrition. According to Agarwal BMI percentile, it seemed that 76 (51.02%) were underweight, 37 (25.17%) were normal, 13 (8.84%) overweight, and 1 (0.68%) were obesity. It also revealed that the prevalence of malnutrition was highest among the age of 5-10 years of children 60(40.82%) as compared to 24 (16.33%) in the age group of 11-15 years.<o:p></o:p> DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: Malnutrition is one of the major community health problem among children. Family, school, community and government should have a major role to alleviate this problem. Community based preventive measures should be taken to improvement of nutritional status.<o:p></o:p>

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Nutritional status IAP classification BMI UMAC

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Mrs Nirmali Gogoi, Nutritional status among school going children in Rajabari village, Guwahati, Northeast India., GLOBAL JOURNAL FOR RESEARCH ANALYSIS : Volume-7 | Issue-9 | September-2018