Household food insecurity and its association with nutritional status of under–5 children attending tertiary care hospital of Nagpur: A cross sectional study.

Dr. Prithvi Petkar; Dr. Sushama Thakre; Dr. Subhash B Thakre; Dr. Chaitanya Patil

Volume : VIII, Issue : VI, June - 2018

Household food insecurity and its association with nutritional status of under–5 children attending tertiary care hospital of Nagpur: A cross sectional study.

Dr. Prithvi Petkar, Dr. Sushama Thakre, Dr. Subhash B Thakre, Dr. Chaitanya Patil

Abstract :

Introduction: India’s Global Hunger Index has worsened in ranking from the year 2016 to 2017. Chronic household food insecurity still continues to be a major adverse effect responsible for ill health.

Aims and objectives: To estimate the proportion of household food insecurity among under 5 children & to find the association between the household food insecurity and their nutritional status.

Methodology: A cross sectional study was conducted among the under– five children attending IPC in OPD of a tertiary care hospital in Nagpur from September to December 2017.

Results: The proportion of household food insecurity was 76.7%. Household food insecurity was associated with stunting and underweight status of the children (p<0.05).

Conclusion: We found a high proportion of children having families with household food insecurity. Household food security is an important factor that affects the nutritional status of the children.