The Indian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics

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Food Procurement Behaviour in an Urban Slum


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1 Department of Foods and Nutrition, Lady Irwin College, Delhi, India
2 Health Unit, Child Development Division, National Institute of Public Co-operation and Child Development, 5, Siri Institutional Area, Hauz Khas, New Delhi-16, India
     

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The anthropometric profile and the growth status of children belonging to urban slums has been reported to be poor in the states surveyed by the NNMB. In a recent study reported by Gnanasundram and Santhanakrishnan in the urban slums in Madras, the incidence of Bitot's spots was found to be 2.8 percent and 4.15 percent infants were found to suffer from severe malnutrition.
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P. Sundararaj
Department of Foods and Nutrition, Lady Irwin College, Delhi, India
Tejinder Kaur
Health Unit, Child Development Division, National Institute of Public Co-operation and Child Development, 5, Siri Institutional Area, Hauz Khas, New Delhi-16, India

Abstract


The anthropometric profile and the growth status of children belonging to urban slums has been reported to be poor in the states surveyed by the NNMB. In a recent study reported by Gnanasundram and Santhanakrishnan in the urban slums in Madras, the incidence of Bitot's spots was found to be 2.8 percent and 4.15 percent infants were found to suffer from severe malnutrition.