The Indian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics

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Nutritional Status of Preschool Children and the Associated Factors


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1 Department of Foods and Nutrition, College of Home Science, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
2 Department of Statistics, National Institute of Nutrition, Indian Council of Medical Research, Jamai - Osmania P. O., Hyderabad-500001, A. P., India, India
     

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The majority of preschool children belonging to the poor income groups in developing countries suffer from various degrees of growth retardation due to nutritional deprivation. Malnutrition, the causative factor in the physical growth retardation, is a result of abnormal socioeconomic conditions. The result of several studies have shown that nonnutritional factors, prominent among them being socio-economic and cultural factors, age, sex and season, affect the nutritional status of children.
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Maya Choudhry
Department of Foods and Nutrition, College of Home Science, Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
K. Visweswara Rao
Department of Statistics, National Institute of Nutrition, Indian Council of Medical Research, Jamai - Osmania P. O., Hyderabad-500001, A. P., India, India

Abstract


The majority of preschool children belonging to the poor income groups in developing countries suffer from various degrees of growth retardation due to nutritional deprivation. Malnutrition, the causative factor in the physical growth retardation, is a result of abnormal socioeconomic conditions. The result of several studies have shown that nonnutritional factors, prominent among them being socio-economic and cultural factors, age, sex and season, affect the nutritional status of children.