Thinness
Assessment of few socio- economic, demographic and dietary factors on thinness among rural adolescent girls of Cooch Behar, West Bengal, India
By: SUTAPA BHOWMIK, ARGINA KHATUN – Adolescents are considered a nutritionally vulnerable population, and a proper diet with adequate nutrients is essential for their rapid physical development. Thinness indicates poor nutrition, as reflected by a relatively low Body Mass Index (BMI) (kg/m²) compared to height (cm). A cross-sectional study was conducted on 366 school-going adolescent…
Prevalence of Undernutrition Based on Thinness among Birhors of Korba District, Chhattisgarh, India
By: DHANSAY, SARVENDRA YADAV, A.N. SHARMA – The rising/ escalating problem of malnutrition, commonly envisioned as double burden due to increasing rate of both under-nutrition and obesity in third world including country like India in which high prevalence of undernutrition, which is assess by thinness more precisely. Thus, the present study aims to assess the…
Assessment of the Nutritional Status among the School-going Children aged 6-8 Years from Port Blair, South Andaman, India: A Cross-sectional Study
By: VEERESHWAR K. RAO, MUTHU PANDI, KAUSTAV DAS, KOEL MUKHERJEE – Regular nutritional monitoring is imperative specifically among the children for formulating more effective nutritional policies at the national level. Keeping this view, the present cross-sectional study was undertaken to determine the nutritional status by using four commonly used anthropometric indicators: stunting (low height for…
Socio-economic and Demographic Determinants of Double Burden of Malnutrition among Rajbanshi School-going Children aged 9-14 Years from North Bengal, India
By: ANTARA BOSE, ISITA SINHA, PUSHPA LATATIGGA, NITISH MONDAL, JAYDIP SEN – The Double Burden of Malnutrition (DBM) is a recent phenomenon in the nutritional situation among populations belonging to the low-middle-income countries. Socio-economic, demographic factors with adoption of western lifestyle, unhealthy diets and physical inactivities are the main cause of DBM. The study aims…
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…
Prevalence of thinness among 6-12 years rural children of Kharagpur A cross-sectional study in West Bengal, India
By: SUBAL DAS, DEBANITA ADDHYA, FALGUNI CHAKRABARTY – Thinness is one of the biggest problems of children residing in rural or tribal areas in our country then their urban counterparts. Children are in growing age needs more varied nutrient to reach their full growth potential. Any obstruction during this stage leads to impaired physical and…