Anthropometric measurments of school children of Raichur, (Karnataka)
Bharati, P.; Itagi, S.; Megeri, S.N.
Journal of Human Ecology 18(3): 177-179
2005
ISSN/ISBN: 0970-9274 DOI: 10.1080/09709274.2005.11905827Document Number: 264268
The nutritional status of school age children of Raichur region was assessed using the anthropometric measurements. Of the 560 children, 50 per cent belonged to rural area and other half to schools of urban area. The nutritional status of children from rural and urban areas was lower than the NCHS standard, girls showing lower measurements than boys. The children from urban area were better than their rural counterparts in all the measurements though the percentage of wasted and stunted children was in rural areas.