Nutritional assessment among children (under five years of age) using various anthropometric indices in an urban area of district Rohtak, Haryana, India

International Journal of Biomedical Research

Vijay Kumar¹  Debjyoti Mohapatra¹  Vikas Gupta¹ 

[1] Department of Community Medicine, Pt. B.D. Sharma, PGIMS, Rohtak, Haryana

关键词: Underweight;    stunting;    wasting;    CIAF;   

DOI  :  10.7439/ijbr.v6i9.2424

学科分类：基础医学

来源: Scholar Science Journals

【 摘 要 】

Background: Reduction in child malnutrition is another MDG related to an improvement in child welfare. For India, this would imply a reduction in the child underweight rate from 54.8% in 1990 to 27.4% in 2015. National data on underweight provided under NFHS-3 (National Family Health Survey) (2005-06) revealed underweight prevalence rate around 40%.Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted in an urban area of district Rohtak during the months of January to March 2014 among children which were under five years of age. The anthropometric measurement and nutritional status categorization among children was done using WHO guidelines.Results: A total of 654 children participated in study. Around 32% of study participants were having stunting as there nutritional status while taking Composite Index of Anthropometric Failure for nutritional status into consideration nearly 45% participants were undernourished. The stunting and underweight were more prevalent among girls.Conclusion: Composite anthropometric index provides the actual prevalence or proportion of undernourished children in a community. So the policies should be based on the basis of Composite Index of Anthropometric Failure so to reduce the prevalence of under-nutrition in the community more effectively.

【 授权许可】

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