Prevalence of Under-Nutrition Measured by Composite Index of Anthropometric Failure (CIAF) Among the Bhumij Children of Northern Odisha, India

Journal of Nepal Paediatric Society

Monali Goswami¹ 

[1] University of Calcutta, 35 Ballygunge Circular Road, Kolkata 700009

关键词: India;    Stunting;    tribe;    under-nutrition;    underweight;    wasting;    Z –Score;   

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学科分类：儿科学

来源: Nepal Paediatric Society

【 摘 要 】

Introduction: Under-nutrition continues to be a serious health problem among the children in India. In view of the paucity of recent attempts to classify under-nourished children satisfactorily the Composite Index of Anthropometric Failure (CIAF) has been implemented to measure the seriousness and severity of overall under-nutrition in a population. However, there exists scanty information of the prevalence of under-nutrition among the tribal children of Odisha and India. Therefore the objective of the present study is to evaluate the overall prevalence of under-nutrition among the Bhumij children of Northern Odisha, India.

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