| Autor: |
Dolkar, Tshering, Mehta, Brig. V. K., Wangdi, J. T. |
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Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development; Mar2019, Vol. 10 Issue 3, p116-121, 6p |
| Abstrakt: |
Malnutrition arises either from deficiency or excess or imbalance of nutrients in the body. It is a term comprising all states of underweight & overweight. Adequate data on the nutritional status on the age group of adolescents, defined by WHO as individuals in the age group of 10-19yrs, is lacking. Method: A Descriptive Cross sectional study using Multi-stage random sampling was carried out among adolescent students in Co Educational Senior Secondary Schools (Co-Ed SSS) of East Sikkim. Sample size: Considering a Prevalence of malnutrition as 40%, relative error of 10% and using formula: 4 PQ/L2, Sample Size calculated to be 600. Results and Conclusions: Private/Public and Government schools were covered to get a representative sample from all socioeconomic classes. Total 616 study subjects were included in the study. 27.4% of the school going adolescents were found to be malnourished in this present study. Both extremes of malnutrition are seen in the adolescent students of East Sikkim. The prevalence of Overweight/Obesity or Thin/Extreme Thinness among study subjects were observed to be 12.8%/2.8% and 8.4% /3.4% respectively. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Complementary Index |
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