ASSESSMENT OF BODY MASS INDEXOF CHILDREN IN TRIBAL DOMINATED AREA OF BARKAGAON, HAZARIBAG, JHARKHAND

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ASSESSMENT OF BODY MASS INDEXOF CHILDREN IN TRIBAL DOMINATED AREA OF BARKAGAON, HAZARIBAG, JHARKHAND, INDIA Rajendra Kumar, K.K.Gupta, Bipinkumar* and D.N. Sadhu P.G. Department of Zoology & P. G. Department of Geology* VinobaBhave University, Hazaribag - 825319 Jharkhand, India. Email: rajendra.hzb2@gmail.com , kishore_gupta30@yahoo.comand dr.d.n.sadhu@gmail.com

successful implementation of right to food security

Abstract The present study was carried out to determine

act of India.

Body Mass Index(BMI) of 202children (06-14 years age)of Primary School, Gandhoniya and Upgraded Middle School, Potanga, Barkagaon (230

Key words: BMI; School children; Malnutrition; Potable water; Barkagaon

52′5′′N latitude and 850 14′ 15′′ E longitude), Hazaribag,

Jharkhand,

India.The

study

was

conducted between August 2013 to July2015. Ascientific

questionnaire

was

developed

to

correlate the data containing food habits, access to potable

water,

life

style,

medical

history

andeducational level of parents and children of the study area with the BMI. Theresultshowed that most of the children were under weight (<18.5kg, WHO, 2004)due tomalnutrition.Therefore, it is suggested to plan door to door visit forextensive surveyof the area in light of the above factors to draw a meaningful conclusion and necessary steps to be taken for mitigating the problemthrough

Introduction: Nutrition is of fundamental importance to life and plays an important role in the growth and all round development, which is also an important indicator of the state of health (Dar and Rather, 2014). Children are in a continuous phase of growth and development requiring proper supply of nutrients like protein, carbohydrates, fats, minerals, vitamins and also potable water to keep pace with theincreased metabolic demand of the body. If nutritional inadequacy is continued for a long period of time it causes low weight, small height and low I.Q. (Bhavsaret al., 2012; Kumar and Sadhu, 2015). India is the largest democratic

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