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© Kamla-Raj 2005 J. Hum. Ecol., 17(3): 229-231 (2005)
Nutritional Status of Kodaku Pre-School Children in Central India
C.K. Dolla, P. Meshram, P. Shrivastava, C. Karforma, S. Das and M. Uike
Regional Medical Research Center for Tribals, (Indian Council of Medical Research), P.O: Garha, Jabalpur 482 003,Madhya Pradesh, India
Keywords Kodaku. Nutritional Status. Pre-School Children. Tribe
Abstract A community based cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the current nutritional status of pre-school children of Kodaku tribe. A total twenty-five villages were selected by Stratified proportional sampling method. Four hundred eighty-five households and one hundred and eight two pre-school children covered in this study. The Kodaku boys and girls were shorter and lighter than NCHS standard. According to weight for age 59.8% of the children were under-weight (<median –2SD) and about 26.2% children had very low body weight which were <- 3 SD of the standard. Height for age and weight for height data revealed that 43% children suffered from stunting and 35% recorded wasting. However higher prevalence of Vitamin A deficiency 2.6% was observed. Clinically PEM was not seen. This study shows that Kodaku Pre-school children were nutritionally poorer as compared to other tribal and general rural population of Madhya pradesh.
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