×
Suggest this Article to:
TOP INDEXERS
Public Article
-
verified
Association of Socio-Economic Factors with the Nutritional Status of the Children Aged 2-8 Years from Slums of Kolkata...
ISSN: 1929 - 5634
Publisher: author
Association of Socio-Economic Factors with the Nutritional Status of the Children Aged 2-8 Years from Slums of Kolkata...
Indexed in
Health Sciences
ARTICLE-FACTOR
1.3
Article Basics Score: 2
Article Transparency Score: 3
Article Operation Score: 2
Article Articles Score: 3
Article Accessibility Score: 2
SUBMIT PAPER ASK QUESTION
International Category Code (ICC):
ICC-0702
Publisher: Lifescience Global Inc.
International Journal Address (IAA):
IAA.ZONE/1929107705634
eISSN
:
1929 - 5634
VALID
ISSN Validator
Abstract
Background: Undernutrition appears to be a plaguing factor for physical and cognitive development of a large proportion of Indian children living in impoverished conditions. The city of Kolkata, located in the eastern part of India has demonstrated a conspicuous rise in its slum growth profile in the past few decades. Hitherto, studies on physical growth and nutritional status of slum children are lacking. Objectives: To Investigate the nutritional status (stunting, wasting, and underweight) among 2- 8 year old children and to observe the association of socio-economic factors with undernutrition of the studied children. Materials and Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted on 185 children aged 2 to 8 years residing at slums of Tangra, Behala, and Dum Dum regions of Kolkata. Anthropometric measurements (height and weight) were take following standard protocol (Lohman et al., 1988), Socio-economic information were collected us...
