Nutritional Status of Children Residing In Social Welfare Hostel in Bangalore City.

Background: Health Care needs of children residing in Social Welfare Hostels is of utmost importance as they are in need of optimum health and nutrition care. Methodology: Study Setting: Social Welfare Hostel. Study Design: Cross sectional study. Study Duration: June to September 2013. Study subjects: Children( 7-14yrs of age) residing in the Social Welfare Hostel. Sample Size: A total of 200 children were residing in the hostel and hence the complete enumeration of them were considered for the study (purposive Sampling). Study variables: Socio-Demographic profile, measurement of height, weight, estimation of Hemoglobin percentage by Sahli’s method and clinical examination. Every child was examined physically from head to toe to assess their nutritional deficiencies. Enquiry was made about the health problems and occurrence of any ailment during previous two weeks. Data Collection: Using Semi- structured questionnaire, interview method. Data analysis: SPSS V 20. Results: Out of 200 subjects, 47(35.07%) of the study population were underweight, 71 (35.50%) had stunting and 38 (19%) had wasting. Prevalence of anemia was 47.5%. The common conditions observed were Flurosis (45.5%), skin problems (42.5%), dental caries (31.5%) and Cheilosis (24.5%). Conclu-sion: The nutritional status of children in social welfare hostels are not satisfactory. Periodic Health check up for the children residing in Social Welfare Hostels must be emphasized.

Assessment of Body Mass Index and Waist Hip Ratio for development of Type II Diabetes in rural area of RRMCH, Bangalore.

Background: Diabetes is a syndrome characterized by chronic hyperglycaemia and relative deficiency of insulin. In urban population its figure are quoted to be high. Now in rural area incidence of diabetes is increasing. Methodology: Study setting: Rural field practice area, Ittamadu. Study population: All adults above 20 yrs of age. Study design: Cross Sectional study. Study duration: Two months. Sampling technique: Purposive sampling. Sample size: 165 subjects. Study variables: Socio‐demographic profile, measurement of height, weight, waist circumference, hip circumference. Results: Out of 165 subjects 33% of the participants are males 23.6% of them are pre‐obese and 11.5% are obese, which was more for females. 9.1% of the male participants have Waist to Hip ratio of >1 while 48.2% of female have Waist to Hip ratio of >0.8. Conclusion: Indian Diabetes Risk Score is an appropriate tool in the Community to identify the risk groups for the development of Type II Diabetes, which were used to identify the risk factors with respect to Body Mass Index and Waist To Hip ratio for the development of Type II Diabetes.