Lifestyle and Nutritional Status of School Going Adolescent Girls in a Semi Urbon Area of West Bengal, India

Pramanik, Purushottam; Banerjee, Subha Bose; Ghosh, Antara

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“…Low height-for-age among Limbu and Mech children and adolescents from two districts of West Bengal, India from Purba Medinipur district in south West Bengal also reported that 9 to 13 year-old Bengalee children of both sexes were suffering from stunting (14.6%) [6]. A study from semi-urban population of Hooghly district reported high prevalence of stunting (27%) among 11 to 18 yearold adolescent girls [10]. In Puruliya district of southwestern part of West Bengal, frequency of stunting was also high among 5 to 12 year old Santal boys (22%) and girls (14%) [21].…”

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“…A report from 116 school going adolescents (aged 10-19 years) of Periurban area of Wardha, Pune from western province of India shows poor nutritional status of adolescents including 34.5% stunting where boys are found to be suffering more (72.5%) than girls (27.5%) [4]. From eastern India, studies among children and adolescents reported high degree stunting [5,6,7,8,9,10,11]. Other studies from Aligarh, north India [12], Gujarat, western India [13] and Andhra Pradesh from South India [14] also reported high prevalence of stunting in children and adolescents.…”

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Low height-for-age among Limbu and Mech children and adolescents from two districts of West Bengal, India

Banik

Bhattacharjee

Mukhopadhyay

2022

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Background: Low height-for-age (stunting) is a state of chronic undernutrition in children and adolescents. Studies reported that India has very high prevalence of stunting in children, particularly from rural and tribal communities. Objective of the present study was to record prevalence of stunting in 6 to 18 year-old boys and girls from two tribal communities (Limbu and Mech) in Darjeeling and Alipurduar districts of West Bengal, India. The study also aimed to compare height-for-age of the participants with standard growth reference curves. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, the sample comprises 1523 individuals of both sexes from Limbu (377 boys, 379 girls) and Mech (365 boys, 402 girls) communities. Height data was normalized using LMS. Results: Overall frequency of stunting among 6 to 18 year-old boys (33%) and girls (34.7%) was remarkably high. Prevalence of stunting was higher in Limbu boys (43.5%) and girls (44.6%) than their age-peers from Mech community (boys 22.2%, girls 25.4%). Height data after normalization, shows that all centile curves of height of Limbu and Mech boys and girls are consistently below the standard height-for-age reference curves of the WHO. Limbu and Mech children appear to be taller with respect to their median (50th percentile) height when compared with the median height of children in the dataset of Indian Council of Medical Research. Conclusion: High frequency stunting in Mech and limbu children was recorded and situation of girls was worse. There was a tendency of decline in prevalence of stunting with advancement of age among children.

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Low height-for-age among Limbu and Mech children and adolescents from two districts of West Bengal, India

Banik

Bhattacharjee

Mukhopadhyay

2022

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“… 10 In contrast, it was lower (34.0%) compared with the research conducted in Bangladesh. 21 Indonesia (25.0%), 22 rural India (19.2%), 23 West Bengal in India (20.7%) and (31.4%), 24 , 25 and various regions of Ethiopia 9 , 10 , 12–16 , 26–29 are among the countries with the highest percentages. These disparities could have a long-term nutritional influence on school-aged adolescent girls due to seasonal variance, economic condition, and educational attainment of the families.…”

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Nutritional Status and Associated Factors Among School Adolescent Girls in North Shoa Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Shine

Derseh

Meseret

et al. 2023

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Background: Adolescents are the most affected group and the group that is least studied when it comes to malnutrition, which is one of the most important public health concerns in underdeveloped countries, including Ethiopia. Therefore, the goal of this study was to assess nutritional status and related factors among teenage females who are in school. Materials and Methods: From October 1 to October 25, 2018, 645 young girls in school participated in an institution-based cross-sectional study. Girls in their teen years from the school were selected using a simple random sample method. Anthropometric tests and in-person interviews were used to collect the data. An odds ratio with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) and a p -value under 0.05 were used to declare a statistical association. Results: This study found that 12.3% and 9.6% of school adolescent girls were stunted and thin, respectively. Being a rural resident (adjusted odd ratio [AOR]: 1.85, 95% CI: 1.05–3.28) and inadequate dietary diversity score (AOR: 3.02, 95% CI: 1.06–4.60) were significant predictors of stunting. School adolescent girls from merchant father were 71% less likely to develop stunting compared with government employee father. Late adolescent age (AOR: 2.27, 95% CI: 1.28–4.02) and family size ≥5 (AOR: 1.98, 95% CI: 1.05–3.75) were significant predictors of thinness. Conclusions: Stunting and thinness were the major public health problems among school adolescent girls in the study area. Being a rural resident and inadequate dietary diversity increases the risk of stunting. However, being late adolescent girl and large family size were risk factors for thinness. There was a need for a school-based instruction program that concentrated on a varied diet and methods of encouraging the adolescent girls' appetites.

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“…In our study, the prevalence of overweight and obesity (14.5%) is slightly higher. In comparison, undernutrition (18.9%) is grossly lower than the estimated values used to calculate the sample size for the study from the literature review [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]. The prevalence of thinness was also found to be much less than NFHS-4 (2015-2016).…”

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“…Malnutrition still remains a serious health problem among adolescents in India, especially among girls, despite the implementation of several programs and schemes like Rashtriya Kishor Swasthya Karyakram (RKSK), Rajiv Gandhi Scheme for Empowerment of Adolescent Girls (RGSEAG Sabla), Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS), Prime Minister's Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nourishment (POSHAN) Abhiyaan with importance to adolescent health [1,[3][4][5]. It has been found that the prevalence of thinness among adolescent girls in urban India ranged from 15% to 74%, while that of being overweight was about 8% to 13%, primarily due to the varied standards of assessment of nutritional status across different studies [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]. National Family Health Survey-4 (NFHS-4) states that in the age group of 15-19 years, 41.9% of girls were undernourished, and 4.2% of girls were overweight or obese [21].…”

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Comparison of Different Anthropometric Indicators for Assessment of Nutritional Status Among Adolescent Girls in an Urban Resettlement Colony in New Delhi: A Cross-Sectional Study

Santra¹,

Rajagopalan²,

Misra³

et al. 2023

Cureus

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BackgroundIn India, 44.8% of adolescent girls are under-nourished, while about 8%-13% of girls are overweight. Though several studies have been done regarding the nutritional status of adolescent girls over the years, there have been no significant changes. Also, there are several different anthropometric indicators for nutritional status assessment, due to which there are huge variations in the prevalence of malnutrition across different studies. So the objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence of malnutrition using different anthropometric indicators and compare them. MethodsA random sample of 426 girls was taken from Health Management Information Systems (HMIS) of the Centre for Community Medicine (CCM), All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), and a semistructured questionnaire was administered among 386 of them to determine associated factors. Height, weight, and mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) were measured for 386 girls, and BMI for age and height for age z scores were calculated using WHO AnthroPlus. Mid-upper arm circumference for age z scores (MUAC for age) were calculated using Lambda-Mu-Sigma (LMS) charts by the CDC for girls aged one year to 20 years. ResultsIt was found in this study that using BMI for age z scores (BAZ), 33.4% of the adolescent girls were malnourished; 18.9% (95% CI 15.1-23.2) being underweight, 10.6% (95% CI: 7.7-14.1) being overweight, and 3.9% (95% CI: 2.2-6.3) were obese. While using BMI solely as an indicator, the prevalence of thinness was 51.8% (95% CI: 46.9-56.9), while that of overweight and obesity was 10.6% (95% CI: 5.7-11.5) and 1.0% (95% CI: 0.2-2.6), respectively. The prevalence of under-nutrition by MUAC for age z scores was 53.4% (95% CI: 48.2-58.4), and that of over-nutrition was 1.8% (95% CI: 1.0-3.7). BMI for age z scores positively and strongly correlated with both MUAC and MUAC for age z scores and had a significant association with both on univariable linear regression. Though there was a negative correlation between BMI for age z scores and height-for-age z scores, it was not significant. Height-for-age z scores, even though positively correlated with MUAC for age z scores, the correlation was not that strong.

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Lifestyle and Nutritional Status of School Going Adolescent Girls in a Semi Urbon Area of West Bengal, India

Cited by 6 publications

References 22 publications

Low height-for-age among Limbu and Mech children and adolescents from two districts of West Bengal, India

Low height-for-age among Limbu and Mech children and adolescents from two districts of West Bengal, India

Nutritional Status and Associated Factors Among School Adolescent Girls in North Shoa Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Comparison of Different Anthropometric Indicators for Assessment of Nutritional Status Among Adolescent Girls in an Urban Resettlement Colony in New Delhi: A Cross-Sectional Study

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