Assessment of Nutritional Status of Boys and Girls in Government School Children in Rompicherla Mandal Andhra Pradesh, India

Autor/in	Sasikala, P.
Titel	Assessment of Nutritional Status of Boys and Girls in Government School Children in Rompicherla Mandal Andhra Pradesh, India
Quelle	In: Journal of Education and Practice, 7 (2016) 10, S.140-144 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2222-1735
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Children; Public Schools; Nutrition; Child Health; Hygiene; Socioeconomic Status; Gender Differences; Incidence; India + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Child; Kind; Kinder; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Ernährung; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Geschlechterkonflikt; Vorkommen; Indien
Abstract	Nutrition is the intake of food to meet the body's dietary needs through different sources namely vegetarian and non-vegetarian foods. Good nutrition and well balanced diet with regular physical activities is acceptable. Poor nutrition leads to reduction in immunity of an individual, on the other hand increased levels of nutrition leads susceptible to a wide varieties of disease, damage the physical, mental development and reduced productivity. The purpose of this study is to find the nutritional status of school-going boys and girls in Government school children in Rompicherla Mandal, Chittoor District of Andhra Pradesh. As we all know they are the future of our country. In view of the importance of children's health care especially, Indian population consists approximately forty percent are children and that to under the age of 15 years. To assess the anthropometric indices among children. A total number of 613 Government school-going children were selected for the present study. A complete physical examination of the children was conducted and recorded. In the present study out of total 613 school going children 49.43% had overall normal nutritional status, 24.14% Grade-I, 16.48 Grade-II and 9.95 had overall Grade-III. 23.59% (92) had Grade-I, Grade-II 16.15% (63) and Grade-III malnutrition 11.80% (46) respectively in boys of study area in the Government Schools. Where as in girls over all 51.12% (114), 25.11% (56), 17.04% (38) and 6.73% (15) respectively had the malnutrition in the study area. In the present study, nutritional status was found highly related to the personal hygiene and socio-economic status. Schools need to provide knowledge and awareness about personnel hygiene, and nutrition. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01