A Study of Nutritional Status of Children Attending Anganwadi Centers of a District in Central India

摘要

"Introduction: The burden of under-nutrition among children has not changed much even though various intervention programs are in operation in India. The study was conducted to assess the magnitude of under nutrition among children under 6 year of age and to study factors associated with under-nutrition of selected children. Material & Methods: This community based cross sectional study had utilized two stage sampling technique. Sample size was determined by the use of formula 4pq/l2. In first stage, selection of anganwadi centers (AWC) was done by using simple random sampling method. In second stage, children were selected from selected AWCs. Result: Out of total 380 children 192 boys and 188 were girls. 180 (47.4%) children were under nutrition out of which 99 (55%) children were of grade I, 62(34.4) were grade II and 19 (10.6%) children were of grade III as per the Indian Association of Pediatrics (IAP) classification of under nutrition. Conclusion: Among the factors studied, educational status of mother and socio-economic status of family were most strongly associated with the under nutrition.