IJSR - International Journal of Scientific Research

Harmeet Kaur; Monika Biswas; Prinsi Malik; Inderjeet Chauhan; Babli; Manoj

Volume : VII, Issue : VII, July - 2018

Assessment of nutritional status of under -5 children using WHO Growth standards

Harmeet Kaur, Monika Biswas, Prinsi Malik, Inderjeet Chauhan, Babli, Manoj

Abstract :

The World Health Organization considers that poor nutrition as the single most important threat to the world’s health. Overall undernutrition represents the single largest killer of under–five children, being responsible for 3.1 million child deaths each year (45% of total asunder 5 years’ deaths).In 2013, 52 million children under age 5 (10% of the global population) were wasted, while other 165 million children in the world, a quarter of the world’s under–5 population, were too short for their age, or stunted, which can impact the child’s physical and mental development. Thepresent study reports the result analysis of data for 150 under five children on growth patterns and prevalence of undernutrition amongst them. The objective of the study is to assess the nutritional status of under 5 years of age using anthropometric measurementsas compared to WHO 2006 standards for weight for age, and height for age.The study reports the overall prevalence of underweight and stunting in the study population to be 20.65 %, and 31.33% respectively.