Abstract
The present study was carried out to find out growth pattern in school children from different socioeconomic background of Government & Private school children. Materials &Methods: The study was conducted in both boys and girl subjects (n=360), Aged between 5-10 years, who are of different socio economic status and the parameters selected for the study are Height, Weight, Body Mass Index, Chest Circumference. Case group involves Government school children and Control group involves Private school children, who were selected randomly. History of socioeconomic status is also assessed by taking family history. Results & Discussion: In this study we found that Height, Weight, Body Mass Index, Chest Circumference of Government school children has lesser value compared to Private school children. Conclusion: This study mainly focuses on malnutrition and helps in identification of Prevalence of malnutrition highlights the significance of developing integrated child illness management and strengthening nutrition intervention programs
Keywords-Under nutrition, Height, Weight, Body Mass Index, Chest Circumference.
References
1. Onfs,M.De ,Monteiro.C,2 Akre.J,3 & Clugston.G4The worldwide magnitude of protein-energy malnutrition: an overview from the WHO Global Database on Child GrowthBulletin of the World Health Organization,1993: 71 (6): 703-7121
2. Manikandan Krishnan, Rajalakshmi P.V, Kalaiselvi.K-A Study of Protein Energy Malnutrition in the School Girls of a Rural Population, Int.Journal of Nutrition, Pharmacology, Neurologiocal disesases,may-august 2012, vol2, issue22
3. Santosh Kumar.A, Sunil Kumar. D, Ashok .N.C, Ragavendra swamy Koppad, Protein Energy Malnutrition And Its Association With Immunization Status and Common Morbidities Among 1-5 Year Aged Children In Southern Part of India, Mysore, Int J Cur Res Rev, Jan 2013 / Vol 05 (02)page105
4. Vinodk.paul, ArvindBagga. GhaiEssential pediatrics 8th edition page no – 95
5. Kliegman, Stanton, st.Geme, schor, Behrman. Nelson text book of Pediatrics, 19th edition, vol 1. Page no - 106
6. Sandeep S. MalegaonkarSanjay V. Khandekar, S. A. Jaweed, Comparative Study of Height, Weight and Chest Circumference among Children of Municipal Corporation School and Private School, Indian Medical Gazette — SEPTEMBER 2011
7. C Hamer, K Kvatum, D Jeffries and S Allen, Detection of severe protein-energy malnutrition by nurses in The Gambia, Arch Dis Child 2004;89:181–184. doi: 10.1136/adc.2002.022715
8. Vinicius J. B. Martins , Telma M. M. Toledo Florêncio , Luciane P. Grillo , Maria do Carmo P. Franco , Paula A. Martins , Ana Paula G. Clemente , Carla D. L. Santos ,
9. Maria de Fatima A. Vieira and Ana Lydia Sawaya, Long-Lasting Effects of Under nutrition, Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2011, 8, 1817-1846; ISSN 1660-4601
10. Mercedes de Onis and Monika Blössner, The World Health Organization Global Database on Child Growth and Malnutrition: methodology and applications, International Journal of Epidemiology 2003;32:518–526DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyg099
11. Sherin Billy Abraham1, Ramesh Chand Chauhan, Muthu Rajesh, Anil Jacob Purty, Zile Singh, Nutritional status and various morbidities among school children of a coastal area in South India, pISSN 2320-6071 | eISSN 2320-al. Int J Res Med Sci. 2015 Mar;3(3):718-722
12. Jaya Muneshwar, KhaledMohsinBadaam, Ahmed M, Shoeb S, Khan S, Prevalence Of Underweight Status Among Secondary School Male Children From Low Socioeconomic Status In Aurangabad Maharashtra: A Crossectional PilotStudy, International Journal of Basic and Applied Physiology
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v4i2.46
