Jain Ira, Oberoi Simmi, Jain Ankur, Balgir Rajinder S, Sandhu Manhardeep K, Lugani Yogita
Department of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Patiala, Punjab, India.
Department of Biotechnology, Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, India.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2020 Sep 30;9(9):4613-4617. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_410_20. eCollection 2020 Sep.
As per the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) 2015-16, 35.7% children below 5 years of age are underweight. In light of Malnutrition rates still remaining alarming in children, it becomes pertinent to elicit the factors that affect nutritional status of children. So, this study was undertaken.
After obtaining ethical approval from institutional ethics committee, data were collected on a pretested questionnaire. Information from mothers of 1085 children attending Anganwadi center in an urban block of Patiala was collected and analyzed.
Among females, 35.85% were underweight, whereas the proportion for males was 28.68%. The proportion among immunized children who were underweight was 31.34%, whereas the proportion among unimmunized children was 38.91%. Those who received supplementary nutrition were also in more in numbers in normal weight range than those who did not.
Gender, birth order, and immunization status of child are significantly associated with nutritional status. This study showed that prevalence of malnutrition was less among those who received supplementary nutrition as compared to ones who did not.
根据2015 - 2016年全国家庭健康调查（NFHS），35.7%的5岁以下儿童体重不足。鉴于儿童营养不良率仍然令人担忧，找出影响儿童营养状况的因素变得至关重要。因此，开展了本研究。
在获得机构伦理委员会的伦理批准后，通过预先测试的问卷收集数据。收集并分析了来自帕蒂亚拉一个城市街区参加安甘瓦迪中心的1085名儿童母亲的信息。
女性中体重不足的比例为35.85%，而男性的这一比例为28.68%。体重不足的免疫儿童比例为31.34%，而未免疫儿童的比例为38.91%。接受补充营养的儿童体重正常的人数也比未接受补充营养的儿童更多。
儿童的性别、出生顺序和免疫状况与营养状况显著相关。本研究表明，与未接受补充营养的儿童相比，接受补充营养的儿童营养不良患病率较低。
