Nutritional status of preschool children in the drought affected Kalahandi district of Orissa

From: Indian Journal of Medical Research | Date: March 1, 2000| Author: Mahapatra, A; Geddam, J J B; Marai, N; Murmu, B; Et al | Copyright information

A community-based cross-sectional study was undertaken to determine the magnitude of undernutrition and protein-energy malnutrition among young children during 1996-97 in drought affected Kalahandi district of Orissa. A total of 751 children aged 0-5 yr were studied for anthropometry and clinical signs of nutritional deficiencies from 15 Gram Panchayats selected using probability proportionate to size sampling. There was no significant difference between boys and girls for nutritional status....

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