Assessment of nutrient intake and developmental milestones in 1 to 5 year old children of an Indian rural population.

Dr. Lokesh Kumar Sonkaria; Dr. Dewesh Kumar; Dr. Afifa Zafer; Dr. Saurabh Samdariya

Volume : V, Issue : I, January - 2016

Assessment of nutrient intake and developmental milestones in 1 to 5 year old children of an Indian rural population.

Dr. Lokesh Kumar Sonkaria, Dr. Dewesh Kumar, Dr. Afifa Zafer, Dr. Saurabh Samdariya

Abstract :

This study aims to study the nutrient deficiency and developmental milestones in 1–5 year old children of an Indian rural population. A community based cross–sectional descriptive study was carried out to in field practice area of RHTC Naila, attached to SMS Medical College, Jaipur. Thirty cluster sampling technique was used to cover whole field practice area and total sample size taken was 330. Status of intake of nutrients was deficient among 52 to 60% of study children while excess intake was observed among only 1–8% of children. Milestones like making simple sentence, riding tricycle, telling a story, knows gender & full name were delayed in most of the children of the corresponding age (>60%) but standing without support and playing a ball game were delayed in 19–22%. Similar results were found in other studies from our country and other developing countries.