Indicators of Malnutrition Among School-Going Children in an Eastern State (West Bengal) of India.

IF 1.7 4区医学 Q4 NUTRITION & DIETETICS

Ecology of Food and Nutrition Pub Date : 2024-05-01 Epub Date: 2024-03-25 DOI:10.1080/03670244.2024.2334064

Anuradha Dutta, Shweta Suri, Meenal Rai, Rushda Anam Malik, Ranjana Acharya, Pooja Pandey

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Abstract

This study identified determinants of malnutrition among school children in West Bengal, India. A total of 896 children aged between 4 and 13 years in eight districts were evaluated. BMI, weight, and height-for-age z-scores were used to categorize the stages of malnutrition. The study results revealed that the average height of the boys and girls was as per the standards set by the National Council of Health Sciences. Body mass index of the children ranged between 14.4 and 21.42 kg/m², and stunting was 56.77%. Age and stunting were positively correlated in 5- to 10-year-old children. The most common deficiency was of fluoride.

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印度东部一个邦（西孟加拉邦）学龄儿童营养不良指标。

这项研究确定了印度西孟加拉邦学龄儿童营养不良的决定因素。共对 8 个地区的 896 名 4 至 13 岁儿童进行了评估。采用体重指数、体重和身高-年龄 Z 值对营养不良阶段进行分类。研究结果显示，男孩和女孩的平均身高符合国家健康科学委员会制定的标准。儿童的体重指数介于 14.4 至 21.42 kg/m2 之间，发育迟缓率为 56.77%。5 至 10 岁儿童的年龄与发育迟缓呈正相关。最常见的缺乏症是缺氟。

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Ecology of Food and Nutrition 医学-营养学

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期刊介绍： Ecology of Food and Nutrition is an international journal of food and nutrition in the broadest sense. The journal publishes peer-reviewed articles on all aspects of food and nutrition -- ecological, biological, and cultural. Ecology of Food and Nutrition strives to become a forum for disseminating scholarly information on the holistic and cross-cultural dimensions of the study of food and nutrition. It emphasizes foods and food systems not only in terms of their utilization to satisfy human nutritional needs and health, but also to promote and contest social and cultural identity. The content scope is thus wide -- articles may focus on the relationship between food and nutrition, food taboos and preferences, ecology and political economy of food, the evolution of human nutrition, changes in food habits, food technology and marketing, food and identity, and food sustainability. Additionally, articles focusing on the application of theories and methods to address contemporary food and nutrition problems are encouraged. Questions of the relationship between food/nutrition and culture are as germane to the journal as analyses of the interactions among nutrition and environment, infection and human health.