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Assessment of Nutritional Deficiency Diseases among Children of an Urban Slum


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1 Dept. of Community Medicine, Govt. Medical College, Jagdalpur (Bastar), India
2 Dept. of Medicine, Govt. Medical College, Jagdalpur (Bastar), India
3 Department of Community Medicine, Govt. Medical College Jagdalpur (Bastar), India
     

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On analysis of the data collected 4.6 % children were suffering from protein energy malnutrition, 11.5 % vitamin "A" deficiency, 13.3 % Vitamin "B" complex deficiency and 11.1 % from anaemia These various nutritional deficiency diseases are not just due to poor hygiene conditions and lack of nutritional food but also because the mother herself is suffering from anaemia and malnutrition during adolescence and child bearing age. They become trapped in an intergenerational cycle of ill health and poverty.

Keywords

Intergenerational Cycle, Protein Energy Malnutrition.
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H. B. Rathi
Dept. of Community Medicine, Govt. Medical College, Jagdalpur (Bastar), India
Singh Khileswar
Dept. of Medicine, Govt. Medical College, Jagdalpur (Bastar), India
A. K. Bansal
Department of Community Medicine, Govt. Medical College Jagdalpur (Bastar), India
R. S. Mohan
Dept. of Community Medicine, Govt. Medical College, Jagdalpur (Bastar), India
P. K. Shrivastava
Dept. of Community Medicine, Govt. Medical College, Jagdalpur (Bastar), India
T. Sinha
Dept. of Community Medicine, Govt. Medical College, Jagdalpur (Bastar), India

Abstract


On analysis of the data collected 4.6 % children were suffering from protein energy malnutrition, 11.5 % vitamin "A" deficiency, 13.3 % Vitamin "B" complex deficiency and 11.1 % from anaemia These various nutritional deficiency diseases are not just due to poor hygiene conditions and lack of nutritional food but also because the mother herself is suffering from anaemia and malnutrition during adolescence and child bearing age. They become trapped in an intergenerational cycle of ill health and poverty.

Keywords


Intergenerational Cycle, Protein Energy Malnutrition.