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Assessment of nutritional status of rural school going children (7-9 years) of Hisar district, Haryana

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Title Assessment of nutritional status of rural school going children (7-9 years) of Hisar district, Haryana
 
Creator Sati, Vandana
 
Contributor Dahiya, Saroj
 
Subject Irrigation, Liquid wastes, Economic systems, Beverages, Gypsum, Yields, Crops, Grain, Rice, Crop residues
 
Description The present study was conducted in Hisar district of Har y ana state to assess the nutritional status of the
rural school going children and impart nutrition education to the mothers of selected school children. Two hundred
children of 7-9 y ears age (100 boy s and 100 girls) from two villages i.e. Kaimri and Mangali of Hisar I block were
selected randomly . Nutritional status of children was assessed in terms of dietary assessment, anthropometric
measurement (height, weight and skin fold thickness) and clinical assessment of signs and sy mptoms of various
nutrient deficiency diseases. Dietary assessment was done by 24 hour dietary recall method for three consecutive
day s of 100 children. The results of the study revealed that consumption of foods like cereals, pulses, fruits,
GLVís, milk and milk products, fats and oils, sugar and jagger y were inadequate in the diets of rural school
children (both boy s and girls). Nutrients like energy , fat, ‚- carotene, B-complex vitamins, Vitamin C, I ron and
Calcium were found limiting in the diets of school children. I t was found that family size, fatherís occupation and
parentsí education had significant (P
 
Date 2016-10-27T08:46:53Z
2016-10-27T08:46:53Z
2012
 
Type Thesis
 
Identifier http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/82371
 
Language en
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher CCSHAU