PROTEIN ENERGY MALNUTRITION: KNOWLEDGE OF THE MOTHER A SIGNIFICANT ASSOCIATE OF CHILD’S NOURISHMENT STATUS, A STUDY AMONG 1 - 6 YEAR CHILDREN AND THEIR MOTHERS IN URBAN SLUMS OF OLD HUBLI
| Autor: | Geeta V Bathija, Dattatreya D Bant, Mahesh D, Laxmikanth Lokare, Madhavi Gajula, Maneesha Godbole, Kantesh R, Manjunath S Nekar |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
| Předmět: |
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty medicine.diagnostic_test Protein–energy malnutrition business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Birth weight Physical examination Anthropometry medicine.disease Literacy Malnutrition Linear relationship medicine Global Hunger Index business media_common Demography |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences. 3:14794-14803 |
| ISSN: | 2278-4802 2278-4748 |
| DOI: | 10.14260/jemds/2014/3987 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND: Children are the precious possession of the family, community and the country. Nearly 200 million (30%), are malnourished in the world and over 2/3rd of malnourished are in Asia. Every 3rd underfed child in the world lives in India. India is home to 40% of world’s malnourished children. According to global hunger index India ranks 117th of 119 countries in malnutrition. OBJECTIVE: 1. To find the prevalence of PEM among 1-6 year children. 2. To assess the knowledge of the mothers regarding adequate nutrition and its association to undernourishment. METHODS: Cross-sectional study among 150 children was undertaken for a period of 1 month from June to July 2014 at urban slums of old Hubli. Knowledge of mother was assessed by questionnaire, scores were assigned to responses and clinical examination of child along with anthropometry was carried out. RESULTS: Obtained by WHO Anthro Plus software through Z-scores, which showed 24.6% were moderately and 13.4% severely undernourished by weight and 22% were moderately and 25.4% severely stunted. Birth weight of child had significant (P |
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