Dairy income and somatic status of pre-school children.

The study was conducted on pre school children of Karnataka to assess the impact of additional income from dairy on somatic status of children. Analysis of data showed that there were no differences with respect to height and weight of children between the study groups. Hence, it was concluded that income from agriculture and income from dairy products either independently or jointly did not influence height for age, weight for age and weight for height for age of the child.