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Nutritional Status of Children below 10 Years of Age in Bhutramatti Village – A Cross Sectional Study

Shivarajkumar R. Dandagi

Abstract


Growth Monitoring is a screening tool to diagnose nutritional status at an early stage. A descriptive study was carried out to rule out nutritional status among children below the age of years and to identify children with growth deviation. The research study was conducted in Bhutramatti Village, Belagavi. Samples selected included school children below the age of 10 years who were selected using convenient sampling technique. The tool used or data collection was ICMR Growth & Development chart. Results showed that out of 100 children surveyed, 44 (44%) were well nourished in which 17 were boys and 27 were girls. Majority 56 (56%) were undernourished among which 25 were boys and 31 were girls. These findings were ruled out by comparing the actual measurements (Height & Weight) with the ICMR Growth standards.


Keywords: anthropometric measurements, children, nutritional status

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.37628/ijpn.v2i1.152

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