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line-height:150%"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#333333;background:white">INTRODUCTION:</span></b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#333333;
background:white">Nutritional status is an important indicator of quality of life of the children. Malnutrition is one of the major problem in India.</span><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> Poor nutrition causes nearly half (45%) of deaths in children under five- about 3.1 million children every year. As per National Family Health Survey (NFHS) 3 (2005-06) in India: 48% of children under age five years are stunted (height for age) which indicates that, half of the country’s children are chronically malnourished. As per NFHS-3<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>in Assam (2005-06): 46.5% of children under age five years were stunted (height for age), 13.7% of under five children were wasted (weight for age), 4% of under five children were severely wasted (weight for height) and<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>36.4% of under five children were underweight (weight for age). So the aim of this study was to assess the nutritional status among school going children in Rajabari village, Guwahati, Northeast India.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;
line-height:150%"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">MATERIAL AND METHODS:</span></b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> In this study, the research design adopted was cross-sectional survey design. The sample size was 147 school children by using non probability convenience sampling technique. The tool used for the research study was demographic performa and semi-structure <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">interview schedule</span>. Observational check list of anthropometry measurement was used.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;
line-height:150%"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">RESULTS AND ANALYSIS:</span></b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""> The result showed that majority of children 84(57.15%) were suffering malnutrition and only 63 (42.86%) were in normal status.According to IAP classification,it showed that 63 (42.86%) were normal, 34<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"> (</b>23.12%) mild-moderate malnutrition, 28(19.04%) moderate malnutrition, 15 (10.20%) severe malnutrition and 7(4.76%) very severe malnutrition. According to Agarwal BMI percentile, it seemed that 76 (51.02%) were underweight, 37 (25.17%) were normal, 13 (8.84%) overweight, and 1 (0.68%) were obesity. It also revealed that the prevalence of malnutrition was highest among the age of 5-10 years of children 60(40.82%) as compared to 24 (16.33%) in the age group of 11-15 years.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-justify:inter-ideograph;
line-height:150%"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: </span></b><span lang="EN-IN" style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Malnutrition is one of the major community health problem among children. Family, school, community and government should have a major role to alleviate this problem. <span style="color:black;background:white">Community based preventive measures should be taken to improvement of nutritional status.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>