A study on nutritional status of school-going adolescents in Aligarh, India

Type Journal Article - Tropical doctor
Title A study on nutritional status of school-going adolescents in Aligarh, India
Author(s)
Volume 47
Issue 3
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2017
URL http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0049475516668985
Abstract
Adolescence is a highly vulnerable period for malnutrition. This study was based on a Global School Health Survey methodology in the 13–15-year age group; employing WHO AnthroPlus to evaluate the nutritional status, find the prevalence of both extremes of malnutrition, compare with the growth curves and to find its sociodemographic correlates. A total of 1456 students were sampled and the mean BMI for age Z score was found to be −0.11. The prevalence of overweight and obese were 11.95% and 2.27%, respectively, whereas 2.75% suffered from thinness, defined as BMI for age <2 standard deviations. The prevalence of being overweight and obese was associated with a higher standard of living, a higher education of father or mother, working mothers and father’s occupation being service/business. The evident double burden of malnutrition presages a large public health burden in future, requiring interventional attention.

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