Nutritional status of adolescents in urban and rural area of Kanpur

Rahman, Faizur; Tripathi, Vrijesh

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“…8,12 In Rajaretnam T et al study in Karnataka weight among boys was 42.3±8.7 in rural 46.0±10.4 among urban whereas in girls 39.8±6.1 in rural and 42.3±7.7 in urban which was higher compared to our study. 13 Eyes were pale in 25.4% and 11.8% had flat nails in Shivaprakash and Joseph study in urban area which was higher compared to our study where 19.44% of urban adolescent eyes were pale and 1.67% had flat nails. 10,11 Underweight finding inour study was similar to Deshmukh PR et al (75.3%), less compared to Srinivasan K et al (78.4%), whereas higher than Rao V G et (61.7%) and Pal A et al (48.78%).…”

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Assessment of nutritional status of school going adolescents in rural and urban area of north karnataka: A comparative study

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Halki³

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Adolescence is an important stage of growth and development in the lifespan. Unmet nutritional needs lead to several public health problems such as stunted and retarded growth, impaired mental development, anaemia.Assessment and comparison of nutritional status of school going adolescents of rural and urban area and the factors affecting the nutritional status of adolescents.An observational study was conducted among the school going adolescents (10-19 years) studying in government schools in rural and urban area. A pre-designed semi-structured questionnaire was used for socio-demographic profile. Detailed clinical examination including head to toe examination, anthropometry and systemic examination was done to assess the nutritional status.Data was entered in MS Excel and analysed using SPSS and MS Excel. The statistical significance was evaluated at 95% confidence level (p<0.05). Result will be represented in tables.Eyes appeared paler in 27.22% of rural adolescents compared to 19.44% of urban. Overall prevalence of malnutrition among adolescents was 284 (78.89%) i.e.,75.56% in rural and 82.22% in urban area, in which prevalence ofunder-weight was 269 (74.72%) more in urban 137 (76.11%) compared to rural area 132 (73.33%).Prevalence of malnutrition (underweight, overweight and obesity) was more in urban area (76.11%) compared to rural area (73.33%) based on IAP-BMIcriteria.

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Assessment of nutritional status of school going adolescents in rural and urban area of north karnataka: A comparative study

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“…The outcomes of the study clearly indicated that the proportion of underweight among adolescent girls was more in the transition area and in contrast, the proportion of overweight was more in urban areas. Rahman and Tripathi (2016) studied the nutritional status of adolescent girls in urban and rural areas of Kanpur and they revealed that 45% and 51% of adolescent girls were undernourished in urban and rural areas, respectively. Supporting our results, a study conducted by Alam et al (2010) in Bangladesh showed the prevalence of obesity was 15%.…”

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Prevalence of malnutrition among women and adolescent girls: impact of urbanization in rural–urban interface of Bangalore

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Umesh

Ashwini

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PurposeIndia is facing a double burden of malnutrition, i.e. undernutrition and obesity. Women and adolescent health and nutrition are very relevant issues which have not received much attention it deserves in India, especially in the context of a girl child. Hence, the purpose of this study is to assess malnutrition among women and adolescent girls as well as the associated factors.Design/methodology/approachAn attempt was made to assess malnutrition among women and adolescent girls and associated factors. The required data was collected from the north (616) and south transects (659) sample households of Bangalore constituting a total sample size of 1,275. The data was analyzed by adopting multiple linear regression and multinomial logistic regression analysis using STATA software.FindingsThe effects of this study simply confirmed that, urbanization had an instantaneous effect on dietary repute of women and adolescent girls, while transferring throughout the gradient from rural to urban with the growing significance of weight problems and obese. In adolescent girls, about 31% were underweight followed by normal weight and overweight across rural–urban interface of Bangalore. The factors such as education, consumption of meat and animal products, a dummy for urban, diabetes and blood pressure were significantly and positively influencing the nutritional status (Body Mass Index) of women across rural–urban interface. While consumption of vegetables, wealth index and per capita income had a positive and significant influence on the nutritional status of adolescent girls.Originality/valueWith limited studies and data available in Karnataka, especially in Bengaluru, one of the fastest growing cities in the world. Against this backdrop, the study was conducted to assess the prevalence of malnutrition among women and adolescents and its association with various socio-economic variables.

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Prevalence of anaemia and factors influencing anaemia among school going adolscents in urban and rural area of a North Karnataka: A comparitive study

Patil¹,

Sinha

Halki³

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Adolescents are defined as the age group between 10-19 years according to WHO.During adolescence; anaemia is prevalent in both girls and boys indicating that they need higher nutritional requirement for their rapid physical, mental growth and development. To estimate the prevalence of anaemia and its associated factors among rural and urban school going adolescents in North Karnataka. An observational study was conducted among the school going adolescents (10-19 years) studying in Government schools in rural and urban field practice area. All the Government schools were included in sampling frame and students were selected using simple random sampling technique. Anthropometric measurements and laboratory test were done. Haemoglobin estimation using Sahli’s method. Data was entered in MS Excel and analysed using SPSS v22. Statistical measures used were percentage, chi square test as test of significance and was evaluated at 95% confidence level (p <0.05). Total prevalence of anaemia among adolescents was 80.28%, more in rural adolescents (88.88%) compared to urban (71.67%). Maximum prevalence was of moderate anaemia 193 (53.61%) more in rural 63.89% compared to urban area 43.33%. Maximum prevalence was of moderate anaemia in both the areas which was more in girls compared to boys.

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Nutritional status of adolescents in urban and rural area of Kanpur

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Assessment of nutritional status of school going adolescents in rural and urban area of north karnataka: A comparative study

Assessment of nutritional status of school going adolescents in rural and urban area of north karnataka: A comparative study

Prevalence of malnutrition among women and adolescent girls: impact of urbanization in rural–urban interface of Bangalore

Prevalence of anaemia and factors influencing anaemia among school going adolscents in urban and rural area of a North Karnataka: A comparitive study

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