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Introduction:Malnutrition is responsible for the high incidence of morbidity in children and vice a versa. This study has been conducted to assess the progress of the children after their discharge from Nutritional Rehabilitation Centre (NRC) by measuring the episodes of the common morbidities, they experienced during last one year and also to assess their current routine dietary intake. To evaluate morbidity experience and assess dietary intake of the children after one year of their discharge from NRC, Bhavnagar Objectives: To evaluate morbidity experience and assess dietary intake of the children after one year of their discharge from NRC, Bhavnagar Method:It was a community-based cross-sectional study carried out on all children who were discharged from NRC Bhavnagar between 1 April-2015 and 31 March-2016, conducted during the period between July 2016 and August 2017. The parents/guardians were interviewed by using the pretested, semi-structured questionnaire to collect the information regarding dietary practices and prevalence of childhood morbidities during last one year Results: Total 1071 episodes of illnesses were experienced during last one year by 152 children, who were discharged from NRC, Bhavnagar during the period under study. The most common morbidities found among the children were cough, cold and fever. Average number of episodes of morbidities among the normal children was 7.5 episodes/child/year, among malnourished children, it was 5.9 episodes/child/year among moderately malnourished children, it was 6.7 episodes/child/year. Average protein and calories intake of SAM and normal children across all agegroups were found almost equal to or more than the requirement according to their age Conclusion:Average number of episodes of morbidities experienced by the normal children, were higher than the number of episodes experienced by the malnourished children in the year following their discharge from
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Background & objectives: Endemic fluorosis resulting from high fluoride concentration in groundwater is a major public health problem in India. This study was carried out to measure and compare the prevalence of dental fluorosis and dental caries in the population residing in high and normal level of fluoride in their drinking water in Vadodara district, Gujarat, India. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in Vadodara district, six of the 261 villages with high fluoride level and five of 1490 with normal fluoride level in drinking water were selected. The data collection was made by house-to-house visits twice during the study period. Results: The dental fluorosis prevalence in high fluoride area was 59.31 per cent while in normal fluoride area it was 39.21 per cent. The prevalence of dental caries in high fluoride area was 39.53 per cent and in normal fluoride area was 48.21 per cent with CI 6.16 to 11.18. Dental fluorosis prevalence was more among males as compared to females. Highest prevalence of dental fluorosis was seen in 12-24 yr age group. Interpretation & conclusions: The risk of dental fluorosis was higher in the areas showing more fluoride content in drinking water and to a lesser degree of dental caries in the same area. High fluoride content is a risk factor for dental fluorosis and problem of dental fluorosis increased with passage of time suggesting that the fluoride content in the water has perhaps increased over time. Longitudinal studies should be conducted to confirm the findings.