Nutritional status and morbidity profile of school-going adolescents in a district of West Bengal
Background: In India, adolescent age group (10-19 years) constitutes 21.4% of the total population. The health and nutritional status of the adolescents is an index of its future manpower. It is well recognized worldwide that anthropometric measurements are indispensable in diagnosing undernutrition...
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| author | Abantika Bhattacharya Mausumi Basu Supantha Chatterjee Raghu Nath Misra Gagori Chowdhury |
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| description | Background: In India, adolescent age group (10-19 years) constitutes 21.4% of the total population. The health and nutritional status of the adolescents is an index of its future manpower. It is well recognized worldwide that anthropometric measurements are indispensable in diagnosing undernutrition. Objective: To assess the nutritional status and morbidity pattern among school-going adolescents. Materials and Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in three randomly selected co-educational schools of Burdwan District of West Bengal in May 2013 among 424 adolescents in the age group of 10-19 years from class V to class XI (except class X), using a predesigned pretested proforma. Results: The prevalence of underweight and stunting were 53.31% and 47.41%, respectively, which was significantly higher in early adolescence than in late adolescence and more in boys than in girls. About 55.18% had pallor, 40.33% had dental caries, 33.49% were suffering from refractive errors, 23.11% had history of worm infestation, 38.90% had skin problems, and 68.61% adolescents had ENT problems. Conclusion: The health and nutritional status among the school-going adolescents was found to be poor. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d85aaf63a73e49b688e3162e43fa9f102022-12-22T00:52:39ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsMuller Journal of Medical Sciences and Research0975-97272015-01-0161101510.4103/0975-9727.146414Nutritional status and morbidity profile of school-going adolescents in a district of West BengalAbantika BhattacharyaMausumi BasuSupantha ChatterjeeRaghu Nath MisraGagori ChowdhuryBackground: In India, adolescent age group (10-19 years) constitutes 21.4% of the total population. The health and nutritional status of the adolescents is an index of its future manpower. It is well recognized worldwide that anthropometric measurements are indispensable in diagnosing undernutrition. Objective: To assess the nutritional status and morbidity pattern among school-going adolescents. Materials and Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in three randomly selected co-educational schools of Burdwan District of West Bengal in May 2013 among 424 adolescents in the age group of 10-19 years from class V to class XI (except class X), using a predesigned pretested proforma. Results: The prevalence of underweight and stunting were 53.31% and 47.41%, respectively, which was significantly higher in early adolescence than in late adolescence and more in boys than in girls. About 55.18% had pallor, 40.33% had dental caries, 33.49% were suffering from refractive errors, 23.11% had history of worm infestation, 38.90% had skin problems, and 68.61% adolescents had ENT problems. Conclusion: The health and nutritional status among the school-going adolescents was found to be poor.http://www.mjmsr.net/article.asp?issn=0975-9727;year=2015;volume=6;issue=1;spage=10;epage=15;aulast=BhattacharyaAdolescencemorbiditynutrition |
| spellingShingle | Abantika Bhattacharya Mausumi Basu Supantha Chatterjee Raghu Nath Misra Gagori Chowdhury Nutritional status and morbidity profile of school-going adolescents in a district of West Bengal Muller Journal of Medical Sciences and Research Adolescence morbidity nutrition |
| title | Nutritional status and morbidity profile of school-going adolescents in a district of West Bengal |
| title_full | Nutritional status and morbidity profile of school-going adolescents in a district of West Bengal |
| title_fullStr | Nutritional status and morbidity profile of school-going adolescents in a district of West Bengal |
| title_full_unstemmed | Nutritional status and morbidity profile of school-going adolescents in a district of West Bengal |
| title_short | Nutritional status and morbidity profile of school-going adolescents in a district of West Bengal |
| title_sort | nutritional status and morbidity profile of school going adolescents in a district of west bengal |
| topic | Adolescence morbidity nutrition |
| url | http://www.mjmsr.net/article.asp?issn=0975-9727;year=2015;volume=6;issue=1;spage=10;epage=15;aulast=Bhattacharya |
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