NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF 1-3 YEAR CHILDREN BELONGING TO RURAL AREA OF SELECTED STATES OF INDIA

Abstract

Background: One-third out of 151 million children are found to reside in India; making the country an outlier even among the developing nations [1,2,3]. Studies suggested that socio-economic conditions of the household play a major role in determining child health status as higher nancial capabilities are linked with better care, health services, quality of food resulting in positive health outcomes [1,4,5]. Methodology: The data for the study was taken from National Nutrition Monitoring Bureau, Technical Report, Rural survey 2001, India. The data was given in accordance with states Kerala(197), Tamil Nadu(408), Karnataka(286), Andhra Pradesh(338), Maharashtra(332), Gujarat(288), Madhya Pradesh(292), Odisha (261), West Bengal(271). The percent Recommended Dietary Allowances or Recommended Daily Allowances (RDA) for Protein, Total Fat, Energy, Calcium, Iron, Vitamin-A, Thiamin, Riboavin, Niacin, Vitamin-C, Free Folic acid was given in the intervals less than 50 ,50-70,greater than equal to 70.The results and conclusions were made further. Results:Results were revealed in accordance with the highest and lowest values of percentage of RDA. Discussion: After observing the data discussion was made for future prospectus