ASSESSMENT OF NUTRITIONAL PRACTICES IN CHILDREN OF AGE GROUP 1 YEAR– 5 YEARS IN RURAL AREA OF SELOO

KANCHAN AMBATKAR; ANCHAL MAHESHWARI; ADITYA JAIN; SATYAJIT SAHU; VINAY SAI; SHUBHAM MIDLA; NISHI GUPTA; DR. SWARUPA CHAKOLE

Volume : X, Issue : II, February - 2020

ASSESSMENT OF NUTRITIONAL PRACTICES IN CHILDREN OF AGE GROUP 1 YEAR– 5 YEARS IN RURAL AREA OF SELOO

Kanchan Ambatkar, Anchal Maheshwari, Aditya Jain, Satyajit Sahu, Vinay Sai, Shubham Midla, Nishi Gupta, Dr. Swarupa Chakole

Abstract :

BREASTFEEDING MAY ENHANCE CHILD SURVIVAL UP TO 5 YEARS OF AGE EVEN IN MALNOURISHED CHILDREN. MALNUTRITION IS THE UNDERLYING CAUSE OF CHILD DEATHS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES LIKE INDIA IT HAS STRONG ASSOCIATION WITH IMPROPER FEEDING PRACTICES AMONG PRESCHOOL CHILDREN. CROSS–SECTIONAL STUDY WAS CONDUCTED AT RURAL AREA OF SELOO. MOTHERS HAVING CHILDREN IN AGE GROUPS OF 1 TO 5 YEARS OF AGE RESIDING AT COLONY WERE INCLUDED IN THE STUDY. WE MADE TWO GROUPS OF TWO INVESTIGATORS EACH. QUESTIONNAIRE WAS USED TO TAKE INFORMATION BY INTERVIEWING THE MOTHERS AND ANTHROPOMETRY OF CHILDREN TAKEN. IAP CLASSIFICATION SUGGEST 52% OF CHILDREN WERE NORMAL, 32% HAVING GRADE 1 MALNUTRITION, 8% HAVING GRADE II MALNUTRITION AND 6% HAVING GRADE III MALNUTRITION. OUT OF 32 IN GRADE I AND 8 IN GRADE II NO BODY WAS EDEMATOUS, OUT OF 6 IN GRADE III, ONLY 1 WAS EDEMATOUS AND 2 IN GRADE IV ONLY 1 HAVING EDEMA.