The Indian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics

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Nutritional Status of Preschool Children and the Related Factors


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Malnutrition among preschool children has been recognised as a major public health problem in many developing countries including India. The results of earlier studies have shown that several factors modify nutritional status, prominent among them being - socio - economic and cultural factors, age, sex and season.There have been variations in the prevalence of various forms of malnutrition from one survey to another.
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K. Visweswara Rao
National Institute of Nutrition, Indian Council of Medical Research, Hyderabad-500 007, India

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Malnutrition among preschool children has been recognised as a major public health problem in many developing countries including India. The results of earlier studies have shown that several factors modify nutritional status, prominent among them being - socio - economic and cultural factors, age, sex and season.There have been variations in the prevalence of various forms of malnutrition from one survey to another.