Determinants Of Under-Nutrition Among Under Five Children in The Urban Slum of Ahmedabad, India
Artigo
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-217392
ABSTRACT
Introduction:
In India, 6.8% of total population are under five children and 60 million are malnourished. Around 45% of deaths among children under five years are linked to under nutrition. The study aims to as-sess the nutritional status of under 5 children and associate it with various factors like age, gender, Immuniza-tion, birth weight, feeding practices, Anganwadi registration etc.Methodology:
A community based cross-sectional study was conducted on 191 under five children in urban slum areas. Parents of under five children were interviewed with the help of a pre-designed questionnaire. Malnutrition was assessed using WHO recommended Z score category.Observations Total 191 under 5 children were studied. Among them, 107 were male and 84 were female. Out of the assessed children two third were normal weight for age while one third were underweight. Nutri-tion status was significantly associated with age, birth weight, feeding practices and immunization status of children. Conclusions &Recommendations:
One fourth of under-five children were under weight for age. Age, low birth weight, preterm delivery, faulty feeding practices and incomplete immunization were statistically signif-icantly associated with the underweight.
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2023
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