The Indian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics

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Anthropometry in the Identification of Malnutrition among the Children of Guwahati City


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1 Department of Anthropology, Guwhati University, Guwahati - 781 014, Assam, India
     

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There is an urgent need to improve the health and nutritional status of children with particular reference to those belonging to backward classes. Hence it is necessary to make an assessment of the nutritional status of children and identify the ecological factors that are directly or indirectly responsible.
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Bapukan Choudhury
Department of Anthropology, Guwhati University, Guwahati - 781 014, Assam, India
Gulrukh Begum
Department of Anthropology, Guwhati University, Guwahati - 781 014, Assam, India

Abstract


There is an urgent need to improve the health and nutritional status of children with particular reference to those belonging to backward classes. Hence it is necessary to make an assessment of the nutritional status of children and identify the ecological factors that are directly or indirectly responsible.