Anthropometric characteristics and evaluation of nutritional status amongst female brick field workers of the unorganized sectors of West Bengal, India

HOMO ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
pp. 235-244 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Sett ◽  
S. Sahu
Keyword(s):  
Nutritional Status ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Anthropometric Characteristics ◽  
Field Workers

scholarly journals A STUDY ON SOCIO ECONOMIC STATUS AND ANTHROPOMETRIC CHARACTERISTICS AMONG DIFFERENT AGE LEVEL SCHOOL STUDENTS

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Rajkumar Maji ◽  
Sudarsan Biswas
Keyword(s):  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Adolescent Male ◽  
School Students ◽  
Socio Economic Status ◽  
The Social ◽  
Anthropometric Characteristics

Background: Anthropometrical characteristics acquired by children and adolescents during growth and development are the impressive indicators of an individual’s health and nutritional status as well as a mirror of the social and economic betterment of a country. Objective: The objective of the study is to compare the socio economic status and anthropometric characteristics among the different adolescent school students. Methods: Total four hundred and fifty (n=450) adolescent male school students were considered as subjects from Paschim Medinipur, Hooghly and Howrah district of West Bengal. Socio economic status and anthropometrical characteristics were considered as variables. Socio economic status was measured by questionnaire and developed by Sunil Kumar Upadhyay & Alka Saxena. Anthropometrical profile was measured by standard scientific measurements technique. Results: The present outcome reveals that anthropometric characteristics among school students increase in respect of their age. Conclusions: Findings associated that anthropometrical characteristics among the school students are significantly differed and increased according to chronological growth of age during the adolescent stage.

Comparison of the effects of the food supplementation programmes of ICDS centers and primary schools at Bali Gram Panchayat, Arambagh, West Bengal, India

2014 ◽  
Vol 34 (3/4) ◽  
pp. 232-246
Author(s):  
Gopal Chandra Mandal ◽  
Kaushik Bose ◽  
Slawomir Koziel
Keyword(s):  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Food Supplementation ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Active Involvement ◽  
Quality Of Food ◽  
The Government ◽  
Better Than

Purpose – Developing countries like India, accounts for about 40 percent of undernourished children in the World and it is largely due to the result of dietary inadequacy in relation to their needs. The purpose of this paper was to evaluate the changes in the nutritional status of the children, from their preschool days to the present primary school days. Design/methodology/approach – The present investigation was conducted at 20 Integrated Child Development Service (ICDS) centers (Center-A) and 15 primary schools (Center-B) in Bali Gram Panchayat, Arambag, Hooghly District of West Bengal, India, at an interval of three to four years. A total of 1,012 children (boys=498; girls=514) aged two to six years old enrolled in these ICDS centers and a total of 603 children (boys=300, girls=303), aged five to ten years were studied from the 15 primary schools who were the beneficiaries of ICDS centers. Underweight (weight-for-age Z-score (WAZ)) and wasting (weight-for height Z-score (WHZ)) were used to assess the nutritional status. Findings – The nutritional situation (both in case of underweight and wasting) was better in Center B as compared with Center A. In general, the nutritional condition of boys was better than girls. Center had a very significant effect on both WAZ as well as WHZ, irrespective of age and sex. Sex has a significant impact only on WAZ. Interestingly, there was no significant sex-center interaction for both WAZ as well as WHZ. The children of the area were getting Mid Day Meal supplied through the school authorities which was comparatively better than the ICDS centers’ food supplementation. Better monitoring of nutritional supplementation at primary schools may be an important factor. Practical implications – In ICDS centers, only the Anganwari worker is responsible in running and implementing the programs offered by the Government. However, at primary schools, the active involvement of all the teachers to run the program may have effectively led to have better results. Furthermore, the Government's focus should not be only on the increase the area covered by the ICDS program, but focus should be to increase the quality of food supplied, proper monitoring of the implementation and increase the allocation of funds. Appropriate measures may be taken by the authorities regarding this. Originality/value – The results of the study will help in policy making in reducing the prevalence of undernutrition.

scholarly journals Impact of child marriage on nutritional status of women from suburban and urban areas of West Bengal

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 329
Author(s):  
Tanima Das ◽  
Anup Adhikari
Keyword(s):  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Family Income ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Muslim Women ◽  
Early Marriage ◽  
Child Marriage ◽  
Primary Concern ◽  
Weight Category ◽  
The Impact

Background: Child marriage is a substantial barrier to social and economic development of a country and a primary concern for women’s health. In West Bengal, the practice of early marriage is still running especially in Muslim community. The present study was aimed to find out the impact of child marriage on nutritional status of mother in terms of BMI.Methods: 117 Muslim women from both North and South 24 Parganas districts of West Bengal were studied. All of them were from economically lower middle class group. Height, weight, age, age at marriage, age at 1st child birth, number of children, family income and other information were recorded.Results: During the study, the average age of 117 Muslim women was 28.4±3.7 years with a range of 21-41. Average age was 18.0±1.9 years when the Muslim women got married. 83.6% women who got married in childhood were in underweight category of which 15.8% were in severe thinness category. But 86.9% women who got married after 18 year were in normal weight category. Only 5.3% women of this group were in underweight category.Conclusions: Thinness of the mother was might be due to marriage before 18 year. Thus from the above study it could be concluded that child marriage had a negative impact on mother’s nutritional status in terms of BMI.

scholarly journals Report on "anthropometric failure" among rural 2-6 years old Indian Bauri caste children of West Bengal

2009 ◽  
Vol 72 (1) ◽  
pp. 81-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Subal Das ◽  
Kaushik Bose
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Preschool Children ◽  
Nutritional Status ◽  
West Bengal ◽  
Reference Sample ◽  
Composite Index ◽  
The United States ◽  
Health And Nutrition ◽  
Purulia District ◽  
Ultimate Objective

Report on "anthropometric failure" among rural 2-6 years old Indian Bauri caste children of West BengalThis study was undertaken to determine the overall prevalence of undernutrition using the composite index of anthropometric failure (CIAF) among the Bauri caste rural preschool children of the Purulia District, West Bengal, India. A total of 347 children (185 boys and 162 girls) aged 2-6 years were measured. Stunting, underweight and wasting were used to evaluate the nutritional status of the subjects (compared with children of the United States NCHS reference sample) and CIAF for the total children. Among the studied Bauri children, 39.2% were stunted, 51.2% - underweight and 26.6% - wasted. The CIAF showed a higher prevalence of undernutrition, with a total of 66.3% of Bauri caste preschool children suffering from at least one type of "anthropometric failure". Among the studied children only 33.7% showed no failure. Valuable health and nutrition promotional programs can be formulated based on the CIAF findings with the ultimate objective of reducing childhood undernutrition in a population of India.

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