Volume : VIII, Issue : VIII, August - 2018

THE NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF TRIBAL AND NON–TRIBAL CHILDREN

M. Mounajothi

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Good Nutrition is an important determinant of all sound socio economic up liftmen of any community. The study was conducted with the objective of assessing the nutritional status of tribal and non–tribal children; purposive sampling was used to select 100 tribal children and 100 non–tribal children and assessing simple anthropometric measurements.  This study indicate the majority of the children both tribal and nontribal community showed poor growth pattern and were not at all in good nutritional status. Their dietary habits were also found to be unsatisfactory and their lowered health and nutritional status and unhealthy lifestyle. The tribal and nontribal children need awareness of nutritional status, hygienic practices. The awareness of nutritional status increase their healthy body and healthy life.

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M.Mounajothi, THE NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF TRIBAL AND NON–TRIBAL CHILDREN, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-8 | August-2018

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