<div><p><em>An intervention study was conducted among 518 school going children with an objective to study the nutritional deficiency disease in Mangaraipettai village. Anemia is one of the major prevalent nutritional deficiencies in the world, and more than half of the population in India is anemic, the prevalence of anemia is very high among school going children, anemia leads to poor pregnancy outcome, impaired school performance, decreased work productivity and other adverse effects comes. This study was conducted to assess the prevalence of anemia, underweight, vitamin A deficiency, parasite infection, dental caries, stunting growth and some social factor including drinking water sources, intake of leafy vegetable among school going children 4 year old to 14 years of age, and the results found was 74.5% of students are anemia. The other results were discussed.</em></p></div>
Nutritional Deficiency Diseases in School Children Rural Areas of Mangaraipattai Village Musiri Taluk, Tamil Nadu
