Nutritional status of adolescent girls from an urban slum area in South India

Prashant, K.; Shaw, Chandan Kumar

doi:10.1007/s12098-009-0077-2

Cited by 43 publications

(46 citation statements)

References 6 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…The present results confirm the difference of the social class on the nutritional and health status of young adult females as shown by Gupta et al 200910.The significantly lower weight and BMI of these girls belonging to the lower SES is attributed to the poverty and the social class of the subjects, also supported by K. Prashant et al 2009 [11] , Sanjeev M C et al 2008 [12] and ME Bentley et al 2003 [13] . …”

Section: Resultssupporting

confidence: 88%

Study of Iron Status Indicators in Different Phases of Menstrual Cycle in Females of Lower Socio-Economic Group

Chandra¹,

Kaushik²,

Gupta³

2016

AIMDR

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Section: Resultssupporting

confidence: 88%

Study of Iron Status Indicators in Different Phases of Menstrual Cycle in Females of Lower Socio-Economic Group

Chandra¹,

Kaushik²,

Gupta³

2016

AIMDR

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

“…Energy deficient refers to the BMI for-age Z-score below -2SD i.e., the energy requirement is not sufficient A study on . Nutri onal Status of Adolescent Girls from an Urban Slum Area in South India concluded that there is a high prevalence of stun ng (47%), of underweight (42.6%) and of thinness 4 (20.6%) among adolescent girls in this slum community.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Nutritional Status of Adolescents in Semi-urban Community in Dukuchhap Village of Lalitpur, Nepal

Paudel

Limbu

Pradhan

et al. 2017

Birat J. Health Sci.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

IntroductionMany Nepali adolescents (10-19 years) are undernourished, which increases the risk of morbidity and mortality. Inadequate nutrition during adolescence can retard physical growth and sexual maturation and increases the risk of adult lifestyle diseases. There is a dearth of research on the socio-demographic factors associated with the nutritional status of adolescents in Nepal.ObjectiveTo assess the nutritional status of adolescents (10-19 years) in Dukuchhap Viillage of Lalitpur, NepalMethodologyA community based descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out by medical students during their field placement for and community diagnosis in Dukuchhap Village of Lalitpur from 22th November- 19 December 2017. All 10-19 years adolescent population was included in the study. Among the total population (2545) study, 474 were adolescent. The data were collected using semi-structured questionnaire. Physical and anthropometric measurement were done. Data were analyzed using of WHO Z-scores criteria and cut offs points. All the findings were compared with Nepal Demographic and Health Survey, 2011 and other researches published in different journals on related topic. Excel version 2010 and SPSS version 13.0 were used to enter and analyze data. ResultsThe prevalence of stunting was found out to be 36.28%.More males (16.51%) than females (12.60%) were severely stunted and 21.70% of male and 22.14% of female were moderately stunted. Among total respondents, 14.4% were severely stunted and 21.9% were moderately stunted. More numbers of male (38.2%) were stunted than female (34.7%).ConclusionPrevalence of malnutrition among adolescent was more in 10- 12 years age group. The prevalence of moderate stunting was slightly high in females than males. Adolescents with extended family type, increasing number of family members & agriculture, labourer and local business as main family occupation are more prone to suffer from malnutrition.Birat Journal of Health Sciences Vol.2/No.1/Issue 2/ Jan - April 2017, Page: 110-116

show abstract

“…The prevalence stunting is also recognized to be manifested due to prolonged food deprivation or illness 4 . A number of studies from India have reported that the prevalence of undernutrition poses a major nutritional threat to adolescents 5,8,10,[17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29] .…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Prevalence of Stunting and Thinness Among Adolescent Girls Belonging to the Rajbanshi Population of West Bengal, India

Roy

Barman

Mondal

et al. 2016

J. Nepal Paedtr. Soc.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

Nutritional status of adolescent girls from an urban slum area in South India

Abstract: It is concluded that there is a high prevalence of under nutrition among adolescent girls in this slum community. Health education and nutrition interventions are needed on priority basis.

Cited by 43 publications

References 6 publications

Study of Iron Status Indicators in Different Phases of Menstrual Cycle in Females of Lower Socio-Economic Group

Study of Iron Status Indicators in Different Phases of Menstrual Cycle in Females of Lower Socio-Economic Group

Nutritional Status of Adolescents in Semi-urban Community in Dukuchhap Village of Lalitpur, Nepal

Prevalence of Stunting and Thinness Among Adolescent Girls Belonging to the Rajbanshi Population of West Bengal, India

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About