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Y. S. Sivan
Regional Research Laboratory (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research), Trivandrum-695 019, India
Y. Alwin Jayakumar
Regional Research Laboratory (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research), Trivandrum-695 019, India
C. Arumughan
Regional Research Laboratory (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research), Trivandrum-695 019, India
A. Sundaresan
Regional Research Laboratory (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research), Trivandrum-695 019, India
A. Jayalekshmi
Regional Research Laboratory (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research), Trivandrum-695 019, India
K. P. Suja
Regional Research Laboratory (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research), Trivandrum-695 019, India
D. R. Soban Kumar
Regional Research Laboratory (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research), Trivandrum-695 019, India
S. S. Deepa
Regional Research Laboratory (Council for Scientific and Industrial Research), Trivandrum-695 019, India
C. S. Soman
Health Action by People, Pettah, Trivandrum - 695 024, India
V. Raman Kutty
Health Action by People, Pettah, Trivandrum - 695 024, India
P. Sankara Sarma
Achutha Menon Centre for Health Science Studies (Sri Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology), Trivandrum - 695 011, India
Abstract
Socioeconomic status (SES) plays a vital role in the overall nutritional status and growth performance of people, particularly during childhood and adolescence, the periods that influence the entire life cycle. Socioeconomic environment (including nutritional and health inputs) is the ultimate determinant of growth and development of human organism; opportunities available for acquisition of skills, social placement in life and the quality of life enjoyed as an individual or community member.