Nutritional status of Children under Five Years of Age in a Rural Area of Pondicherry

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dc.contributor.authorVasudevan, Kavitaen_US
dc.contributor.authorUdayashankar, Carounanidyen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-24T07:09:29Z
dc.date.available2020-09-24T07:09:29Z
dc.date.issued2019-04
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: Malnutrition among children below 5 years hasserious long-term consequences. Three out of every 10 stuntedchildren in the world are in India. The objective of the studywas to assess malnutrition among under five years children ina rural community.Material and Methods: A community based cross-sectionalstudy was undertaken to assess the nutritional status ofchildren below 5 years by anthropometry. Weight for age,height for age and weight for height was calculated usingWHO growth standards.Results: The prevalence of underweight, stunting and wastingin the study population 18.3%, 31.6% and 20.1% respectively.Proportion of moderate and severe underweight and wastingwas highest in the age group of 11-23 months while proportionof moderate and severe stunting was highest in the age groupof 48-59 months.Conclusions: Malnutrition is a common problem in childrenbelow 5 years of age, especially chronic malnutritionen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Community Medicine, Indira Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Pondicherryen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Dermatology, Indira Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Pondicherry, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationVasudevan Kavita, Udayashankar Carounanidy. Nutritional status of Children under Five Years of Age in a Rural Area of Pondicherry. International Journal of Contemporary Medical Research . 2019 Apr; 6(4): d1-d3en_US
dc.identifier.issn2393-915X
dc.identifier.issn2454-7379
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/202220
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherInternational Society for Contemporary Medical Researchen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber4en_US
dc.relation.volume6en_US
dc.source.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.21276/ijcmr.2019.6.4.48en_US
dc.subjectMalnutritionen_US
dc.subjectWastingen_US
dc.subjectStuntingen_US
dc.subjectUnder-Nutritionen_US
dc.subjectWHO Growth Standardsen_US
dc.titleNutritional status of Children under Five Years of Age in a Rural Area of Pondicherryen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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