A study of malnutrition and associated risk factors among children of age 06-59 months in rural area of Jabalpur district, Madhya Pradesh

Shukla, Nandini; Toppo, Neelam Anupama; Thakur, Aditya; Kasar, Pradeep Kumar; Sharma, Brajesh

doi:10.47203/ijch.2018.v30i01.005

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“…In the current study more children were affected with undernutrition when initiated into complementary feeding after six months of age. The results were consistent with the findings reported by Shukla et al (2018) who observed the prevalence of underweight children was more 37.0% when initiated into complementary feed after six months as compared to 23.8% when done at or during six months of Age (10). The present study also reported higher prevalence of underweight children when not receiving extra diet after an episode of illness.…”

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confidence: 93%

“…In this study it was found that undernutrition was more prevalent among children born at home and the findings were in accordance with observations made by Ambaedkar et al (2016) (8) who reported that less children were malnourished when born through institutional delivery. The current study noted that the prevalence of underweight children was more when partially immunized and; the findings were consistent to children from Jabalpur (10) district where children with incomplete / partial immunization were more affected by malnutrition as compared to those with complete immunization. The present study reported significantly higher prevalence of underweight children when not breast fed exclusively for the first six month of life.…”

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confidence: 85%

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Impact of Supplementary Nutrition on Undernourished Children In An Urban Area Of Meerut- A Longitudinal Study

Pandey

Chopra

Bano

et al. 2022

Indian J Community Health

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Background: Infants and pre-school are most susceptible to undernutrition. Integrated Child Development Services is the programme focussing undernourished children by providing them supplementary nutrition. Aim& Objective: To study prevalence of undernutrition in 0-6 year old children and to study factors associated with it. To study impact of supplementary nutrition on undernourished children. Settings and Design: A longitudinal study. Methods and Material: The present longitudinal study was conducted in randomly selected Anganwadis of urban Meerut. Children found to be suffering from under nutrition were followed up at interval of six months to see the impact of supplementary nutrition provided to them at the anganwadi centre. A detailed history of relevant underlying factors responsible for causation of under nutrition were taken from mothers of these children. Statistical analysis used: chi square test was used to find out association between risk factors and undernutrition. Risk factor found statistically significant were further analysed using step wise multiple logistic regression analysis. The impact of supplementary nutrition was assessed using paired t test. Results: Iron folic acid supplementation during pregnancy, exclusive breast feeding in children, immunization and time of initiating complementary feed were found statistically significant on both chi-square and multiple logistic regression analysis. No impact of supplementary nutrition was found on anthropometric measurements of children. Conclusions: The main focus for fighting undernutrition in children (0-6 years) should be on preventing risk factors associated with mothers in antenatal period and during child rearing practices

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confidence: 93%

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confidence: 85%

Impact of Supplementary Nutrition on Undernourished Children In An Urban Area Of Meerut- A Longitudinal Study

Pandey

Chopra

Bano

et al. 2022

Indian J Community Health

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“…The quality of the complementary foods given to children have an impact on their health status, the diet must be diversified within the seven recommended food items by WHO [20], also Frempong and Annim [20] reported that 25% of the children who ate at least four of recommended food items were stunted. Pratim [21] found full immunization to be protective against stunting, and Shukla, et al [22] reported that incomplete immunization was a risk factor to stunting.…”

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“…According to UNICEF-WHO-WB Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates inter-agency group, about 22.3% of all children under five years old age were stunted globally, it was estimated that 148.1 million children under five years of age were too short for their age (stunting) globally in 2020. UNICEF, WHO, World Bank global and regional child malnutrition estimates [3] reveal that we are still far from a world without malnutrition due to insufficient progress to reach the World Health Assembly targets set for 2025 and the Sustainable Development Goals set for 2030.…”

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Social Factors Contributing to Stunting for Children under Five Years: A Case of Iringa District Council, Tanzania

Galiatano,

Phillipo,

Nzali

2023

AJESS

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This study presented the findings on the factors contributing to stunting for children under five years in Iringa District Council. This study involved four wards and two villages from each ward. The target population for this study included parents with stunted children under five years and 26 key informants. The study employed mixed approaches which involve both qualitative and quantitative research approaches, Cross-sectional research design was used. Simple random and purposive sampling techniques were used to get parents with stunted children and key respondents. The study used both primary and secondary data to acquire intended information. Questionnaires, interview and Document review was used by a researcher. The high prevalence of stunting was revealed by this study to be influenced by social factors such as lack of nutritional knowledge, large size of household members, child characteristics, inadequate dietary intake, lack of knowledge on purse of a thousand days, poor child care practice, excessive use of alcohol, poor breastfeeding and complementary feeding of early milk were found as the key factors influencing stunting. Government could come up with innovative strategies to educate parents about the importance of exclusive breastfeeding until six months, feeding practices, purse of thousand days, and the strategies of addressing excessive use of alcohol should be implemented. The researcher suggests further research to be conducted to analyse a bigger area, also future researchers have a duty to focus on the additional indicators of stunting prevalence that could not be included owing to time and resource constraints.

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“…7 Undernutrition, including stunting, wasting, and underweight, is a kind of malnutrition described by the United Nations Children's Fund as the "silent emergency". [9][10][11] Due to barriers to obtaining a healthy, balanced diet and essential health and nutrition services, the number of malnourished children rose dramatically during this COVID-19 epidemic.…”

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confidence: 99%

Prevalence of under nutrition among under-5 children in the urban field practice area of a medical college in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh

Sharma¹,

Raghav²

2023

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: In India, undernutrition in children mal the age of five is a serious public health issue. Despite India's expanding economy, both urban and rural areas still have significant rates of undernutrition-related child mortality. There are hardly many studies that concentrate on cities. In order to determine the prevalence of undernutrition in the urban field practice area of a medical college in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, the current study was conducted. Objective of the study was using World Health Organization (WHO) growth standards, to determine the prevalence of undernutrition among children under the age of five. Methods: A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted in the urban field practice region of the medical college Muzaffarnagar, India, from August 2022 to November 2022. From 1875 registered families, 400 under-five-year-old children were randomly chosen, and a house-to-house survey was used to collect the study's data. The study's goals were explained to the parents, and their written agreement was obtained. The children who were accessible during the study period had their anthropometric measurements taken in accordance with WHO criteria. For nutritional deficits and other morbidities, the kids were checked. Data analysis was performed using the statistical package for the social sciences (SPSS) 23 programme and the Chi square test. Results: A total of 400 under 5 were examined by going from house to house, and 257 (64.2%) of them were underweight. Boys had significantly (p=0.001) more undernutrition than girls. In the age range of 49 to 60 months, it peaked. Conclusions: Children's malnutrition continues to be a problem for public health, especially among underprivileged populations.

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A study of malnutrition and associated risk factors among children of age 06-59 months in rural area of Jabalpur district, Madhya Pradesh

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Impact of Supplementary Nutrition on Undernourished Children In An Urban Area Of Meerut- A Longitudinal Study

Impact of Supplementary Nutrition on Undernourished Children In An Urban Area Of Meerut- A Longitudinal Study

Social Factors Contributing to Stunting for Children under Five Years: A Case of Iringa District Council, Tanzania

Prevalence of under nutrition among under-5 children in the urban field practice area of a medical college in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh

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