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Abstract
Background: Reduction in child malnutrition is another MDG related to an improvement in child welfare. For India, this would imply a reduction in the child underweight rate from 54.8% in 1990 to 27.4% in 2015. National data on underweight provided under NFHS-3 (National Family Health Survey) (2005-06) revealed underweight prevalence rate around 40%. Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted in an urban area of district Rohtak during the months of January to March 2014 among children which were under five years of age. The anthropometric measurement and nutritional status categorization among children was done using WHO guidelines. Results: A total of 654 children participated in study. Around 32% of study participants were having stunting as there nutritional status while taking Composite Index of Anthropometric Failure for nutritional status into consideration nearly 45% participants were undernourished. The stunting and underweight were more prevalent among girls. Conclusion: Composite anthropometric index provides the actual prevalence or proportion of undernourished children in a community. So the policies should be based on the basis of Composite Index of Anthropometric Failure so to reduce the prevalence of under-nutrition in the community more effectively.
Highlights
Reduction in child malnutrition is another millennium development goal related to an improvement in child welfare
As the prevalence of under-nutrition is declining and NFHS-3(2005-06) [2] provides a decade back scenario, the prevalence rate of stunting, underweight and wasting calculated in it were of higher range when compared with our study
Based on the WHO standards (2006)[5] classification of severity of under-nutrition, our study revealed overall high prevalence of stunting, underweight and wasting, whereas study done by Dasgupta et al[13] showed medium prevalence of underweight and stunting
Summary
Reduction in child malnutrition is another millennium development goal related to an improvement in child welfare. The economic and human costs of child malnutrition in India are likely to be very high.[3] The millennium development goal is to reduce the percentage of underweight children by one-half between 1990 and 2015. NFHS-3 (2005-06) [2]data revealed prevalence of underweight, stunting and wasting as 42.5%, 48% and 19.8% in India. Around 32% of study participants were having stunting as there nutritional status while taking Composite Index of Anthropometric Failure for nutritional status into consideration nearly 45% participants were undernourished. Conclusion: Composite anthropometric index provides the actual prevalence or proportion of undernourished children in a community. The policies should be based on the basis of Composite Index of Anthropometric Failure so to reduce the prevalence of under-nutrition in the community more effectively.
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