Department of Community Medicine, BS Medical College, Bankura, West Bengal.
Indian Pediatr. 2011 Apr;48(4):311-4. doi: 10.1007/s13312-011-0057-2. Epub 2010 Nov 30.
We conducted a cross-sectional study among 188 tribal children aged 6-59 months using two-stage sampling in Bankura-I Block of Bankura district, West Bengal, India, to assess their nutritional status and its relation with household food security. Weight and height/length were measured and analyzed as per new WHO Growth Standards. Mothers of the study children were interviewed to obtain relevant information. Prevalence of Composite Index of Anthropometric Failure was 69.1%; and multiple anthropometric failures were more likely among tribal children aged 24-59 months with irregular utilization of supplementary nutrition and from households with severe grades of food security.
我们在印度西孟加拉邦班库拉一区的班库拉-I 街区对 188 名 6-59 个月大的部落儿童进行了一项横断面研究，采用两阶段抽样方法，评估他们的营养状况及其与家庭粮食安全的关系。体重和身高/长度按照新的世卫组织生长标准进行测量和分析。对研究儿童的母亲进行了访谈以获取相关信息。身体质量指数综合失败率为 69.1%；在不规则使用补充营养且来自粮食安全程度严重的家庭的 24-59 个月大的部落儿童中，更有可能出现多种身体质量指数失败情况。
