Nutritional Profile of Rural School Children.

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dc.contributor.authorMotakpalli, Kaviraj
dc.contributor.authorIndupalli, Amrutha Swati
dc.contributor.authorTenglikar, Pallavi V
dc.contributor.authorJamadar, Deepak
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-09T10:35:22Z
dc.date.available2016-03-09T10:35:22Z
dc.date.issued2016-01
dc.description.abstractBackground: Children are not given an opportunity for better future due to lack of understanding of their nutritional and emotional needs, which affects not only the individual child’s health but also nation’s economic progress. Methods: A school based cross sectional study was conducted among primary school children in 6-14 years of age located in AJIMS field practice area pane-Mangalore. Results: The pilot study result showed 45 % morbidity. With this assumption using formula n= 4pq/d2 a sample size of 488 was calculated, thus a total of 500 students were included in the study. The key findings of our study are 53.4% were girls, and 53.4% of children belonged to Muslim community Majority of families belong to socio-economic class II 40.4%. Conclusion: School age is a critical time in the development of human beings and the School setting provides a strategic point of entry for improving child health, self-esteem, life skills and behaviour. Malnutrition is a condition of multifactor deprivation.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMotakpalli Kaviraj, Indupalli Amrutha Swati, Tenglikar Pallavi V, Jamadar Deepak. Nutritional Profile of Rural School Children. Annals of International Medical and Dental Research. 2016 Jan-Feb; 2(1): 200-203.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/175532
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.source.urihttps://aimdrjournal.com/pdf/Vol2Issue1_51OA.pdfen_US
dc.subjectChildrenen_US
dc.subjectHealth Statusen_US
dc.subjectNutritional Statusen_US
dc.subjectAnaemiaen_US
dc.titleNutritional Profile of Rural School Children.en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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