Mother and child nutrition among the Chakhesang tribe in the state of Nagaland, North-East India

Autor: Sreerama Krishna, T. Longvah, Harriet V. Kuhnlein, Bewe Khutsoh, Venkaiah Kodali, Phrang Roy, Indrapal I. Meshram
Rok vydání: 2017
Předmět:
0301 basic medicine
Body Mass Index
Food Supply
Hemoglobins
0302 clinical medicine
Tribe
Ethnicity
Prevalence
030212 general & internal medicine
Vitamin A
Wasting
Growth Disorders
Family Characteristics
Nutrition and Dietetics
Food security
Anemia
Iron-Deficiency

Vitamin A Deficiency
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Indigenous Peoples' Food Systems: Gender Roles
Biodiversity
and Food Security. Guest Editors: Harriet V. Kuhnlein and Heather B. Leach. Publication of this supplement was supported by the International Union of Nutritional Sciences

Middle Aged
Mother-Child Relations
Child
Preschool

Hypertension
Female
Public Health
Underweight
medicine.symptom
Adult
India
Mothers
Nutritional Status
Context (language use)
Indigenous
03 medical and health sciences
Young Adult
Thinness
Environmental health
medicine
Diabetes Mellitus
Humans
030109 nutrition & dietetics
business.industry
Public Health
Environmental and Occupational Health

Infant
Anthropometry
medicine.disease
Diet
Vitamin A deficiency
Cross-Sectional Studies
Socioeconomic Factors
Sample Size
Pediatrics
Perinatology and Child Health

business
Zdroj: Matern Child Nutr
ISSN: 1740-8709
Popis: Despite the importance of the nutritional status and food systems of Indigenous Peoples, the subject has received very little attention, especially in North-East India. Therefore, a community-based cross-sectional descriptive study was carried out among Chakhesang mothers with children under 5 years of age to evaluate their nutritional status and prevalence of chronic diseases in the context of their dietary habits. From 558 households (HHs), 661 children and 540 mothers were covered using standard anthropometric measurements as well as blood collection for haemoglobin and vitamin A. Data were collected from mothers on HH socio-demographic particulars and infant and young child feeding practices. The results showed that the prevalence of underweight, stunting, and wasting among children
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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