© Kamla-Raj 2004                                                                         J. Hum. Ecol., 15(2): 135-142 (2004)

Assessment of Nutritional Status Among The Khaire Kunbi

Children of Maharashtra

B. P. Urade¹, Moyna Chakravarty² and S.K. Mallick¹

1.   Anthropological survey of India, Eastern Regional Centre, Kolkata 700 016,

west Bengal, India

2. Department of Anthropology, Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur 492 010,

Chhattisgarh, India

KEY WORDS Nutritional Status. Anthropometric Measurements and Indices. Children

ABSTRACT In the present paper a cross-sectional study was carried out with a view to assess the nutritional status among the growing children belonging to the Khaire Kunbi caste of Maharashtra. It is found that majority of the children suffers from various grades of malnutrition. The impact of malnutrition is more marked during early childhood period and pubertal period resulting into high frequency of wasting and stunting in both sexes.

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