NUTRITIONAL ESTIMATION OF PRESCHOOL CHILDREN: BY "WHO" Z SCORE INTERPRETATION

Jyotish Lal Prasad.J; Pavithra.M; Vijay.S; Subbulakshmi.S

Volume : VI, Issue : VIII, August - 2017

NUTRITIONAL ESTIMATION OF PRESCHOOL CHILDREN: BY "WHO" Z SCORE INTERPRETATION

Jyotish Lal Prasad. J, Pavithra. M, Vijay. S, Subbulakshmi. S

Abstract :

A descriptive study to assess the anthropometric measurements among the preschool children attending at pediatric department in a selected tertiary care hospital , Kelambakkam. The objective of the study was to assess the existing level of anthropometric measurements of preschool children. The sampling technique was non probability purposive sampling technique with 60 samples were selected and assessed the anthropometric measurements with the help of �WHO� Z score interpretation (weight, height and mid upper arm circumference in cm ). The study results showed that that the mean value of pre school children�s weight was 13.38 kgs, the mean value of height was 95.95cm and the mean value of mid upper arm circumference was 15.18cm. The study findings also revealed that the majority of the pre school children were having normal nutritional status according to weight, height & mid upper arm circumference. Few preschool children were having severe malnutrition and very few pre school children were having extremely over nutrition.