weight-for-height
Composite Index of Anthropometric Failure among Below Five Children of Korba Block, Chhattisgarh, India
CIAF, Height-for-Age, India, nutritional indices, Nutritional Status, weight-for-height, weightfor-ageBy: DHANSAY, A.N. SHARMA, SARVENDRA YADAV – India ranked 101 among 116 countries in Global Hunger Index (GHI) and India is one among the nations where hunger is notified as ‘serious’. Malnutrition is a major social or public issue in developing countries like India also known as “silent emergency”. So, the present study aims to…
Nutritional status of children as indicated by z-scores of the Hmars: a tribe of N.E. India
By: TEMSUTOLA MAKEN, L. ROBERT VARTE – Introduction: In North-East India, many growth studies have been published for the populations of Assam and Meghalaya. However, no study, especially with regard to the nutritional status of the Hmars of Mizoram has been undertaken. So, more growth and nutritional studies are needed to carry out in populations…