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Paper Title: NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN OF WEST BENGAL, INDIA
Authors Name: DR MALABIKA BISWAS , DR TIRTHA MONDAL , DR SAMIRAN MONDAL
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Published Paper Id: IJNRD2305400
Published In: Volume 8 Issue 5, May-2023
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Abstract: INTRODUCTION: India has the largest child population in the world. Child health is determined by three basic factors: heredity, environment and physical activity. The nutritional status depends upon the various factors like balance diet, social environment, economical background and physical activity etc. METHODS: The study was delimited to West Bengal state 19 districts of West Bengal, India. From each district 10 (ten) schools were selected the random sampling method following District Primary Education Program (DPEP) list. From each school 20 (twenty) students (10 boys and 10 girls) from class III & IV (age 8-9yrs) were again selected randomly and total 3694 students were surveyed in this study. The nutritional status was measured by anthropometric measurements and questionnaires were developed for the collection of data. In anthropometric measurements: standing height, body weight, body mass index were measured ,subjective health status was measured through questionnaires and personal observation. RESULTS: Total boys 1833 and total girls 1821 were observed. In overall West Bengal body weight of the boys and girls group were 23.59+/-5.51 kg and 23.10 +/-5.07 kg respectively and both the weight were below the ICMR range. The overall mean BMI of West Bengal primary school boys was 14.10+/-1.89 Kg/m2 and in girls it was 14.04+/- 2.08 Kg/m2 both the scores were below the reference value(cole. et. al. 2007).. In subjective health status, it was found that In whole West Bengal 7.85 % primary students were facing eye problem, 14.18 % boys and 9.50 % girls were facing nose problem , 7.91 % primary school children were facing ear problem. Boys group 41.46 % and in the girl group 38.50 % having teeth and gum problem , 8.78 % primary student were having skin disease. 7.97% boys and 6.43 %.girls was reported fiver and 30.13 % primary children were warm infected. In whole West Bengal 9.03% primary student facing jaundice in time of data collection (2008-09).
Keywords: Children, Nutritional status, subjective health, BMI, Body Weight, and Standing Height.
Cite Article: "NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN OF WEST BENGAL, INDIA", International Journal of Novel Research and Development (www.ijnrd.org), ISSN:2456-4184, Vol.8, Issue 5, page no.d776-d799, May-2023, Available :http://www.ijnrd.org/papers/IJNRD2305400.pdf
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Country: Paschim Midnapur, WEST BENGAL, India
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