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标题：Assessment of Nutritional Status of Rural Anganwadi Children of Aligarh under the ICDS (Integrated Child Development Services)
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作者：Farzana Alim ; Farhat Jahan
期刊名称：Studies on Home and Community Science
印刷版ISSN：0973-7189
出版年度：2012
卷号：6
期号：2
页码：95-98
出版社：Kamla-Raj Enterprises, Delhi
摘要：A survey was conducted to assess the nutritional status of children (0-3 years) among 16 Anganwadis in 5villages in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh (U.P.) registered under the ICDS scheme. A self- prepared structured interview schedule wasused. To get the qualitative information of the study anthropometric measures include height and weight were used for assessingnutritional status of the children. The stepwise analysis of two variables height for age and weight for age was applicable on thebasis of Waterlow's and Gomez' classification. To examine the relationship between nutritional status of the child and selectedvariable that affects nutritional status of children, Chi-square test was employed. Based on Gomez' classification, out of 300children, only 229 (76.4%) of children received supplementary nutrition through ICDS out of which 188 (62.7%) childrenwere normal while 41 (13.7%) were underweight. Based on Waterlow's classification out of 300 children, only 229 (76.4%) ofchildren received supplementary nutrition through ICDS out of these children 148 (49.4%) were normal while 81 (27%) werestunted. It can thus be concluded that majority of children were normal who received supplementary nutrition through ICDS.
关键词：Nutritional Status. Rural Areas. Anganwadis. Gomez' Classification. Waterlow's Classification