Preschool children
Relationship between arm span and stature among children aged 2-5 years of West Bengal, India
By: ARINDAM BISWAS, ARGINA KHATUN, KAUSHIK BOSE – Stature prediction is important in anthropological research and medical jurisprudence. In personal identification, stature is estimated along with age, sex, and ethnicity to create a biological profile. A study was done on 2–5-year-olds in Maynaguri Block, Jalpaiguri District, West Bengal, India. Sex-specific mean differences were significant for…
Composite Index of Anthropometric Failure among Preschool Children under ICDS of Jalpaiguri District, West Bengal, India -3 and -4
By: ARINDAM BISWAS, ARGINA KHATUN – One among five children under five years are stunted. There are 149.2 million and 45.4 million preschool children are stunted and wasted respectively. According to the Global Hunger Index report 2022, India ranked 107th among 121 countries having serious hunger level. The present study analyses the Composite index of…
Knowledge of Dietary Diversity, Hygienic Practices of Caregivers and Nutritional Status of under five Children in Rural West Bengal, India
By: ATANU GHOSH, SAMIRAN BISAI, SHOUMMO SEN GUPTA, RUNA NATH, SANCHITA CHAKRABORTY – A mother’s knowledge about dietary diversity is the key component for providing a high-quality diet to her children. However, there is a dearth of literature to assess a mother’s knowledge about dietary diversity and its impact on the nutritional status of children.…
Prevalence of Thinness among tribal preschool children of West Bengal: An assessment measured by BMI cut off points
By: BISWAJIT MAHAPATRA, KAUSHIK BOSE – Thinness is a major underlying problem among tribal preschool children in the developing countries including India. To assess the prevalence of low body weight/ thinness based on age and sex specific new international BMI (proposed by Cole et al.2007) cut-off points, among 2-5 years tribal preschool children of West…
The prevalence of under-nutrition among the tribal children in India
By: UPOSOMA DEY, SAMIRAN BISAI – Tribal population of India constitutes 8.6% of the total population. They traditionally lead diverse life style and their way of life is indigenous. They are more susceptible to undernutrition which is recognized as a prevalent health problem mainly because of their uncertainty of food supply, which has serious long…