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Extreme Levels of Underweight and Stunting Among Pre-Adolescent Children of Low Socioeconomic Class from Madhyamgram and Barasat, West Bengal, India
Kaushik Bose
Samiran Bisai
Jayanta Chakraborty
Nandini Datta
Parsati Banerjee
Sažetak
A cross-sectional study on 1206 children (788 boys, 618 girls) aged 1–12 years, belonging to low socioeconomic status,
of Barasat and Madhyamgram, West Bengal, India, was undertaken to investigate age and sex variations in height and
weight. It also evaluated the levels of underweight and stunting among them. Anthropometric measurements included
weight and height. Weight-for-age (WA) and height-for-age (HA) <–2 z-scores were used to evaluate underweight (UW)
and stunting (ST), respectively, following the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) Guidelines. Results showed
that boys aged 4 and 11 years were significantly heavier than girls of corresponding ages. Boys aged 7 years were significantly
taller than girls of the same age. Significant (p<0.001) age differences existed in mean weight and height in boys
(weight: F=336.762; height: F=565.160) as well as girls (weight: F=275.320; height =498.715). Results also revealed
that the mean z-scores of WA (WAZ) and HA (HAZ) were less than (negative values) those of NCHS for both sexes at all
ages. The overall (age combined) rate of UW was 60.4% and 51.3%; while that of ST was 51.7% and 48.4%, in boys and
girls, respectively. Based on World Health Organization classification of severity of malnutrition, the prevalence of UW
and ST were very high (30%) in both sexes. In conclusion, this study demonstrated that the prevalence of UW and ST
were very high among the subjects. Since the nutritional status of the subjects is not satisfactory, there is need for immediate
supplementary nutrition.
Ključne riječi
India; West Bengal; underweight; stunting
Hrčak ID:
22816
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Datum izdavanja:
8.5.2008.
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