Anthropometric assessment of growth and nutritional status of school going boys of Himachal Pradesh

Dr Rajib Biswas; Neetu Saini; Dr JasjitKaur

Volume : III, Issue : XI, November - 2014

Anthropometric assessment of growth and nutritional status of school going boys of Himachal Pradesh

Dr Rajib Biswas, Neetu Saini, Dr Jasjitkaur

Abstract :

The study intends to conduct an anthropometric assessment to evaluate the nutritional status of the school going boys of Himachal Pradesh between 9 – 11 years of age. Height for age, weight for age and BMI for age was evaluated as per WHO standard to evaluate the prevalence of stunting, under nutrition and thinness and Z– scores values were calculated. An increasing pattern was observed for height, weight and BMI with age in all the age groups. None of the subjects were classified as severely stunted or under nutrition. The prevalence of moderate stunting and under nutrition was much lower than the mild category Malnutrition in terms of stunting and wasting was lower as compared to other reports from other Indian states. Prevalence of stunting was less than that of wasting which reflected an acute state malnutrition.