Urban Field Research Articles

Assessment of Medication Adherence and Knowledge of Hypertension among Hypertensive Patients in Urban Field Practice Area: A Cross Sectional Study

Assessment of Medication Adherence and Knowledge of Hypertension among Hypertensive Patients in Urban Field Practice Area: A Cross Sectional Study

A Method of Urban Wind Field Visualization Based on Deep Learning

In order to solve the problems of incomplete feature extraction, visual results that disrupt the continuity of the flow field, and unstable clustering resulting in poor streamline representation during urban wind field visualization, a three-dimensional streamline visualization method based on deep learning was proposed. This method consists of two parts: one is streamline feature learning, and the other is clustering method. The Euclidean distance represented by the streamline is used as the similarity between the streamlines for clustering, and the clustering results obtained are weighted and combined before being divided. The method was tested on a real urban wind field dataset and qualitatively compared with existing methods. The results show that this method can better balance the relationship between feature extraction and streamline distribution compared to existing methods.

Perceptions and practices of shopkeepers toward single-use plastics ban in Puducherry: An exploratory study

Abstract Introduction: The plastic industry is one among the fastest growing markets around the world and within India. Single-use plastics may represent the epitome of today’s throw-away culture. The Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2019, stipulates minimum thickness of 50 micron for plastic sheets. Objective: The objective was to explore the perceptions and practices of shopkeepers toward single-use plastics ban in Puducherry. Materials and Methods: This was a community-based, qualitative study conducted for a period of 3 months from September to November during the year 2019 in the urban and rural field practice areas of a medical college at Puducherry. The study population was shopkeepers who have been owning the shops located in the study setting. The shopkeepers were selected by purposive sampling. A total of four focused group discussions were held (two discussions in each urban and rural area) with six participants in each group. Ethical clearance for this study was obtained from the Institutional Ethics Committee. Written informed consent from each participant was sought. Results: Four themes were identified from the content analysis of focused group discussions among shopkeepers: preban practices toward single-use plastics, perceived rationality for ban on single-use plastics, postban practices against single-use plastics, and reflections on the enforcement of ban for single-use plastics. Conclusions: The respondents perceived the ban as a moral initiative, and the rationality of the government behind it was well appreciated. The stakeholders perceived a few bottlenecks for adhering to the law and also came up with solutions for the same. The study participants felt that the ban was enforced for their own betterment, and so they had a positive attitude toward the legislation of avoiding single-use plastics.

Urban Regeneration and Sustainable Building Transformation: Wood As a Building Material

The current cultural debate in urban and architectural fields - but not only - sees the emergence of increasing attention to environmental sustainability and related issues, which inevitably condition all the different phases of the project. Reducing land consumption, coping with climate change, improving the energy efficiency of buildings, as well as increasing their level of living comfort, are just some of the goals to be pursued to achieve a generalized improvement of the built environment through application of the typical principles of the so-called urban regeneration. Looking at the internal areas of the Italian territory, concepts are evoked such as the reuse of materials, the reconversion of buildings and sometimes the renaturalization, which is a less usual choice for a highly man-made territory like the Italian one. In this case, therefore, the use of wood as a preferential material for the aforementioned operations, a material which, over the last few decades, has greatly improved from a structural and performance point of view. Finally, a proposal will be made, carried out with the Municipality of Resia, moved precisely by these principles and aimed at being a sort of “model” - and also a stimulus - for the future of planning in these areas.

Prevalence and Factors Associated With Depression among School Going Adolescents in Bengaluru: A Cross-Sectional Study

Introduction: The period of adolescence involves a lot of emotional changes as it is a period of transition to adulthood demanding independence.Adolescents with depression are more likely to have anxiety, disruptive behavior disorder and substance abuse when compared to those who are not depressed. Objective: To estimate the prevalence of depression among school going adolescents and to assess the factors associated with depression among them. Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted among school going adolescents aged 13-16 years in the urban field practice area of a Medical College. Depression was assessed using Beck's depression inventory (BDI). Total 896 adolescents were included in this study. Single stage cluster sampling method was done in which schools were considered as clusters and students constituted the sampling units. Schools were selected by simple random sampling technique using lottery method. Results: In this study about 45.2% of the adolescents had depressive disorder, out of which mild depression was reported among 22.2% students, 12.4% moderately depressed and 10.6% severe depression. Factors like mother's education, lack of communication by father and mother with their children, lack of needs satisfied by the fathers of the adolescents (61.9%), father's role in adolescents' life (62%) and domestic violence in family (69.7%) were some of the important reasons for developing depression among adolescents. Adolescent whose parents were having conflict (69.2%) were found be depressed when compared to those adolescents whose parents had no conflicts this difference was statistically significant (p<0.05). Conclusion: The prevalence of depression was found to be 45.2%. Finding of the study emphasizes the need for creating awareness about the early identification of behavioral changes leading to depression among adolescents by the parents and teachers. It is also important to emphasize to the parents on how their relationship and behavior towards the family affects the mental wellbeing of the adolescent.

공공의 여가공간을 통한 여가통치성 수행

In contemporary urban society, the number of leisure spaces created by the public is growing in policy. This poetic study investigates the public's intention to actively create leisure spaces from a socio-spatial standpoint. This paper proposes a new concept of “leisure governmentality” based on Foucault's theory of governmentality, and uses urban parks as an example of representative public leisure spaces. It was intended to confirm that it was manufactured as claimed. Foucault's own archaeological and genealogical methodologies were applied to the research method, and the research hypothesis that public leisure spaces are produced as a means of leisure governmentality was demonstrated through literature research on the history of Seoul's urban parks. As a result of the analysis, the purpose of production (leisure governmentality), discourse, and the form of urban park landscapes after the modern era are dependent on the political, economic, and sociocultural environments of each era. As a device of power, it is evident that it was designed to control the subject to be ruled. By expanding the socio-spatial horizon of leisure spaces, which had been insufficient in the field of leisure and tourism studies, this study serves as a reminder that public leisure spaces such as urban parks can be more than just functional and aesthetically pleasing spaces; they can also be spaces with a political purpose. This study is significant because it contributed to the expansion of the scope of leisure tourism by laying the groundwork for employing Foucault's theory of governmentality, which has been actively debated in numerous social science and urban research fields, as a theoretical framework in the field of leisure and tourism studies.

Fungal-bacterial associations in urban allotment garden soils

The soil microbiome in urban agriculture has not received much attention to date despite its important role in soil functionality. In this work, we evaluated the composition and diversity of fungal and bacterial communities through DNA extraction and ITS/16S marker gene sequencing in 40 soil samples collected from 10 urban allotment garden areas in the city of Santiago de Compostela (northwestern Spain). Despite anthropogenic activities are expected to affect negatively the microbial diversity, the richness of both fungal and bacterial communities was comparable to that of soils from other urban land-use categories with lower anthropogenic influence, i.e., urban forests, urban grasslands, and urban agricultural fields. However, the deterministic effect of soil properties and geographical distances was almost negligible in the surveyed allotment gardens. Neutral community models confirmed that the fungal and bacterial communities followed a random distribution (pseudo-R2fungi|bacteria = 0.653 | 0.898) and that they were more random (tNSTfungi|bacteria = 0.54 | 0.74) compared to the other abovementioned land-use categories (tNSTfungi|bacteria = 0.46 | 0.67, p ≪ 0.001). Network analysis showed that in contrast to natural soils with lower anthropogenic influence, microbial associations formed very small modules; and frequently, microbial units remained unconnected. Taken together, our findings provide evidence that the soil microbial communities in the studied urban allotment gardens comprised a random assortment of microbes and their interactions, thereby supporting potential implications of anthropogenic activity for soil health and ultimately ecosystem functionality.

A cross sectional study on health status of adolescents in urban field practice area of tertiary care hospital in central India

Background: Adolescence is defined by WHO as the age group of 10-19 years. In India, adolescents (10-19 years) constitute about 21.4 percent of the population, comprising one fifth of the total population. Adolescents are apparently healthy people but they may also have various kinds of problems. If they are to reach adulthood in a healthy state, then it’s necessary to analyze the common health problems prevalent in this age-group so that targeted and concerted services could be provided to them. Objective of current study was to assess the health status of adolescents in urban field practice area of tertiary care hospital in Central India. Methods: A community based descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in urban field practice area of Government Medical College and Hospital Nagpur. House to house survey was conducted among 330 adolescents out of which 214 (64.84%) were male and 116 (35.16%) were female. Results: In present study most common morbidity found was dandruff in 127 (38.48%) adolescents followed by acne vulgaris in 102 (30.90%). Anemia was present in 52 (15.75%) of study subjects. Out of 237 morbid study subject, 114 (48.10%) study subjects had single morbidity followed by 2 and 3 morbidities in 52 (21.94%) and 63 (26.59%) respectively. About 8 (3.37%) study subjects had more than 3 morbidities. Conclusions: The present study shows that adolescents experience various health problems. Predominant morbidities observed in study subjects are dandruff (pityriasis capitis), acne vulgaris, anaemia, dental carries.

A community-based study on the sociodemographic factors and knowledge regarding cervical cancer among women residing in an urban slum of Patna district

Background: Carcinoma of the uterine cervix is a major health problem faced by the Indian women. Every year approximately 120000 women develop this disease. India accounts for 15.2% percent of the total cervical cancer deaths globally. Objective to assess the sociodemographic factors and knowledge regarding cervical cancer and associated risk factors among women of age group 20-60 years. Methods: A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted among women aged 20-60 years residing in the urban field practice area attached to the department of community medicine of a tertiary care centre from June 2018 to May 2019 that is for a span of 12 months. The survey included demographic data such as age, education level, occupation, religion, socioeconomic status, parity, age of marriage, age at birth of first child. Results: In the present study about 60% of the female had knowledge that menstrual abnormality is also a risk factor for cancer cervix. Only 60% of the female in our study reported that early marriage is also a risk factor for cancer cervix. A lower (30%) percent of the female in our study had knowledge that vaginal discharge is also a risk factor for cancer cervix. Conclusions: The present study aimed to assess the socio-demographic factors and knowledge regarding cervical cancer among women of age group 20-60 years residing in an urban slum of Patna district. With prior knowledge of risk factors, cervical cancer can be identified. Identification of high‑risk populations and starting early screening was found to be effective in early recognition of cervical cancer.

Effects of land use on the distribution of soil microplastics in the Lihe River watershed, China

Soil contamination by microplastics (MPs) has gained widespread attention, whose fate may be influenced by land use types. The effects of land use types and the intensity of human activities on the distribution and sources of soil MPs at the watershed scale are unclear. In this study, 62 surface soil sites in representing five land use types (urban, tea garden, dryland, paddy field and woodland) and 8 freshwater sediment sites were investigated in the Lihe River watershed. MPs were detected in all samples, and the average abundance of soil and sediments was 401.85 ± 214.02 and 222.13 ± 54.66 items/kg, respectively. The soil MPs abundance followed the sequence: urban > paddy field > dryland > tea garden > woodland. Soil MP distribution and MP communities were significant different (p < 0.05) among land use types. The similarity of MP community highly correlated with geographic distance, and woodlands and freshwater sediments may be a potential fate for MPs in the Lihe River watershed. Soil clay, pH, and bulk density significantly correlated with MP abundance and fragment shape (p < 0.05). The positive correlation between population density, Total- Point of Interest (POI) and MP diversity indicates the importance of intensity of human activities in exacerbating soil MP pollution (p < 0.001). Plastic waste sources accounted for 65.12%, 58.60%, 48.15% and 25.35% of MPs in urban, tea garden, dryland and paddy field soils, respectively. Differences in the intensity of agricultural activities and cropping patterns were associated with different percentages of mulching film sources in the three types of agricultural soils. This study provides new ideas for the quantitative analysis of soil MP sources in different land use types.

Determinants of Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption Among Adults in Perambalur District of India

Background Sugar is a ubiquitous element in processed meals and is a major source of the energy we derive from them. The risk of obesity and other chronic conditions, such as high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes mellitus, tooth destruction, as well as dental cavities, increases proportionally with the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs). This study intends to determine the prevalence of SSB intake among adults in the Perambalur area of Tamil Nadu, India, as well as the factors that influence it. Methodology We surveyed 1007 individuals using a cross-sectional design from June to November 2022. We included residents who were at least 18 years old and less than 80 years old. Using a convenience sample method, we gathered responses from the public in the urban and rural field practice areas of a teaching medical college in the district of Perambalur, India. We conducted in-person interviews to get data regarding the consumption of SSBs. Among other socio-demographic information, the participants' names, ages, religions, levels of education and employment, household incomes, family compositions, marital statuses, lifestyle behaviors, and comorbid conditions were also gathered. We measured the SSB consumption frequency and duration, and we also considered the contexts in which they consumed SSBs. We examined the factors that play a role in SSB consumption and questioned the participants' familiarity with SSBs' constituents, adverse effects, and cumulative toll. Besides examining the effects of SSB use, the research also explores the possibility of reducing or stopping it altogether. Results The prevalence of SSB use among the current study population was 96.3%. Half of the population has consumed SSBs, between 100 and 200 ml, for over 10 years. Taste and peer pressure are the primary reasons for facilitating SSBs, whereas the media has a minor impact. Most of the population (69%) began consuming SSBs, mostly during vacations and at parties. About one-fifth of the population experiences negative consequences after ingesting SSBs, while only half of the population is aware of the contents of SSBs. Likewise, just 50% of the population is aware of the long-term implications of SSBs. Nearly 16.7% of the population attempted to stop using SSBs. Being overweight, belonging to a high socioeconomic class, and dwelling in a rural location are risk factors related to the consumption of SSBs. Conclusion The prevalence of SSB use among the current study population is exceptionally high. Being overweight, belonging to a high socioeconomic class, and dwelling in a rural location are risk factors related to the consumption of SSBs. There is a need to educate the public about the short- and long-term negative effects of consuming SSBs. Government and non-government entities must work together to generate public behavior change communication.

Numerical Wind Tunnel Simulation for Pollutants Dispersion with Urban 2003

A CFD numerical wind tunnel software was made to simulate the air flow and diffusion of pollutants in urban areas. This softeware is very compact. With the collaboration of the modelling tool AutoCAD and the post-processing software Paraview, a set of standardized numerical simulation process of atmospheric diffusion has been established. The model of the software is based on Open Foam open-source platform, which can perform 3D large-scale parallel operation, and solve 3D Navier Stokes equations on Computer cluster. Based on the observation data of iop9 from the 2003 urban joint field study in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the numerical wind tunnel is further evaluated. The wind and concentration field in the near and middle regions, as well as the wind speed, wind direction, friction velocity and turbulent kinetic energy (TKE) profiles in the urban wake region are compared between the numerical wind tunnel and the urban 2003 field experiment. The results show that the numerical wind tunnel can be an economic and effective tool to simulate the diffusion of pollutants in urban areas.

Depression and stigma experience among patients with tuberculosis in urban and rural settings

BackgroundTuberculosis is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the globe. The most common infectious disease-related death in the world is tuberculosis. In 2020, an estimated 9.9 million people became ill with tuberculosis (TB), translating to 127 cases per 100,000 people. The stigma associated with tuberculosis (TB) causes people to put off seeking treatment and adhering to their treatment regimen. India has the highest prevalence of tuberculosis in the world. Depression and stigma oftem co-exist in people with tuberculosis. ObjectiveTo estimate the prevalence of depression and stigma experience among patients with tuberculosis, and to determine the association of socio-demographic variables and stigma experience with depression in urban and rural field practice areas. MethodologyThis is a cross-sectional study where purposive sampling method was adopted. A house-to-house and phone interview was conducted using a pre-designed, pre-tested questionnaire. Depression was assessed using the PHQ-9 and stigma experience was assessed using the Stigma Scale for Chronic Illness - 8 items (SSCI -8 Items). SPSS version 25 was used (licensed to the institution)for analysis. Descriptive statistics was used to calculate proportions, mean, standard deviation. Inferential statistics like Chi-square analysis/Fisher's exact analysis were used to find the association between various socio-demographic variables with the depression among patients with tuberculosis and association between stigma experience and depression. (Yates continuity Highlights correction applied wherever required) p < 0.5 was considered to be statistically significant. ResultsThe overall prevalence of depression was 57.8%. The association between number of family members and type of tuberculosis with depression was statistically significant. 28.6% did not experience stigma, while 71.6% did. The association between depression score and stigma experience was not statistically significant. ConclusionMore than half of the study's participants had depression and had encountered stigma. There was significant association between depression scores with family size and type of tuberculosis.

Assessment of the nutritional status and dietary practices of the adolescents in the urban field practice areas of Trichy SRM Medical College and Research Centre

Background: Malnutrition is still prevalent globally with the coexistence of both overnutrition and undernutrition in developing countries affecting people of all ages. Adolescents are particularly at risk of malnutrition due to rapid growth and development and changes in dietary habit that influences their nutrient intake. Dietary and other lifestyle behaviors formed during adolescence contribute to adulthood behaviors. This study therefore aimed at assessing the dietary practices and nutritional status of adolescents in urban field practice areas of Trichy SRM Medical College and Research Centre. Methods: This wass a cross-sectional study with a sample size of 191, conducted in urban field practice areas of Trichy SRM Medical College and Research Centre. The adolescents (11 to 19 years) are the study participants, and a simple random sampling method was followed to recruit the study population. A pretested semi structured questionnaire containing variable details and anthropometric measurements were taken. The chi-square test was used to find the association between different variables and malnutrition. Results: Among the study population 137 (71.7%) of the adolescents have calorie deficits with 24 hours recall method of food intake. Among the study population, 138 (72.3%) have normal BMI, 2 (1%) were overweight, 29 (15.2%) were thin and 22 (11.5%) are very thin. Conclusions: Malnutrition is still persistent in the adolescent population which should to addressed with additional specific interventions focusing on this age group. Focused interventions to improve appropriate calorie intake are to be initiated at the community and school level.

The value of the urban field in technology-driven knowledge economies: The role of the state

This article shows how the market valuation of start-up companies and the corporate-designed creation of human capital reveal some of the material and more intangible ways in which the economisation of the urban field plays out in the contemporary knowledge economy. The proposed analysis seeks to make visible how both direct and indirect state action enables the different dimensions of the urban field to come together, become valuable and jointly constitute what Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri have called the ‘metropolis’. In so doing, the article underlines that the different dimensions of the urban field figure prominently albeit differently partake in processes of extraction of knowledge value in monetised or sociocultural form. At the conceptual level, we critically engage with the existing literature on emergent forms of state capitalism by putting forward a governmental analytic on state power in contemporary urbanised knowledge capitalism. Empirically, we develop our arguments through two case studies. First, we examine the start-up unicorn Wolt, often considered as one of the national champion start-ups in Finland (together with a handful of mobile game developers). Second, we scrutinise the arrival of the Apple software developer Academy in Naples, a widely celebrated state-capital interaction in an economically struggling urban context in southern Italy. These cases are among the many that motivate one to re-think the entanglement of urban space, state governmentality and value extraction as it unfolds today in urbanised knowledge economies.

The Degradation Process of Typical Neonicotinoid Insecticides in Tidal Streams in Subtropical Cities: A Case Study of the Wuchong Stream, South China.

Neonicotinoid insecticides (NEOs) are commonly used to prevent unwanted insects in urban fields. Degradation processes have been one of the important environmental behaviors of NEOs in an aquatic environment. In this research, hydrolysis, biodegradation, and photolysis processes of four typical NEOs (i.e., thiacloprid (THA), clothianidin (CLO), acetamiprid (ACE), and imidacloprid (IMI)) were examined through the adoption of response surface methodology-central composite design (RSM-CCD) for an urban tidal stream in South China. The influences of multiple environmental parameters and concentration levels on the three degradation processes of these NEOs were then evaluated. The results indicated that the three degradation processes of the typical NEOs followed a pseudo-first-order reaction kinetics model. The primary degradation process of the NEOs were hydrolysis and photolysis processes in the urban stream. The hydrolysis degradation rate of THA was the highest (1.97 × 10-5 s-1), and that of CLO was the lowest (1.28 × 10-5 s-1). The temperature of water samples was the main environmental factor influencing the degradation processes of these NEOs in the urban tidal stream. Salinity and humic acids could inhibit the degradation processes of the NEOs. Under the influence of extreme climate events, the biodegradation processes of these typical NEOs could be suppressed, and other degradation processes could be further accelerated. In addition, extreme climate events could pose severe challenges to the migration and degradation process simulation of NEOs.

Zoonotic urbanisation: multispecies urbanism and the rescaling of urban epidemiology

A focus on zoonotic urbanisation challenges existing conceptions of global urbanism. In this article I consider how a modified urban political ecology framework might help to illuminate emerging landscapes of epidemiological risk. I show how a multi-scalar perspective on urban epidemiology, including the impact of colonialism, global capitalism, and changing relations with non-human others, unsettles existing analytical approaches. I contrast resilience-oriented public health paradigms, focused on the malleability of nature, with a historically grounded set of insights into global environmental change. I suggest that the conceptual field of zoonotic urbanisation provides an analytical entry point for understanding an emergent ‘triple crisis’ spanning climate change, biodiversity loss, and global health threats.

Identification and prediction of mixed-use functional areas supported by POI data in Jinan City of China

The urban development of China is changing from incremental expansion to stock renewal mode. The study of urban functional areas has become one of the important fundamental works in current urban renewal and high-quality urban development. In recent years, big spatiotemporal data has been well applied in the urban function field. However, the study of spatial–temporal evolution characteristics and forecasting optimization for mixed-use urban functional areas has not been examined well. Thus, in this study, we proposed a new approach that applies a revised information entropy method to analyze the degrees of mixing for urban functional areas. We applied our approach in Jinan City, Shandong Province as the study area. We used Point-of-Interest, OpenStreetMap and other datasets to identify the mixed-use urban functional areas in Jinan. Then, the CA–Markov model simulated the urban layout in 2025. The results showed that: (1) the combination of road network and kernel density method has the highest accuracy of identifying urban functional areas. (2)The mixing degree model is constructed by using the improved information entropy, which makes up for the shortcoming of identifying the mixed functional areas simply by the frequency ratio of POI data. (3) The “residence and business” functional area has the highest proportion in the central area of Jinan from 2015 to 2020, and the total area of mixed-use unban functional areas continuously increased during this period. (4) The total area of the central area in Jinan has significantly increased in 2025. The optimization of urban functions should expand mixed-use functional areas and increase the proportion of infrastructure. Also, Jinan should improve the efficiency of space development.

PIGNN-CFD: A physics-informed graph neural network for rapid predicting urban wind field defined on unstructured mesh

Urban wind field plays an important role in quantitative assessment of urban environment. Compared to field measurement and wind tunnel experiment, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulation having the advantages of low cost, repeatability and reliable precision is becoming a common scheme to model flow field of one fixed urban scenario, but still faces the problems of time-consuming computation and lack of scalability for practical engineering application. This paper proposes PIGNN-CFD, a novel physics-informed graph neural network for rapid predicting urban wind field based on irregular unstructured mesh data of CFD simulation. Specifically, a CFD model employing the unsteady Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) equations with the standard k-ε turbulence model, is constructed and then numerically solved by OpenFOAM to simulate urban wind field defined on unstructured mesh. After being validated by publicly available wind tunnel test data provided by the Architectural Institute of Japan (AIJ), the proposed CFD model is employed to build the training and test sample sets of urban wind fields by simulating the wind blowing through various randomly generated small-scale urban scenes. A novel physics-informed graph neural network, both approximating the training data and automatically satisfying the RANS equations, is designed and trained to perform wind field inference on unstructured mesh graph, and then scaled up to predict wind fields of arbitrary large-scale urban scenes. The predicted wind field results of two urban environments at different scales show that the well-generalized PIGNN-CFD model runs 1–2 orders of magnitude faster than the CFD model on which it is trained, while obtaining the consistent computational accuracy.

Impact of low birth weight and breastfeeding practices on the nutritional status of children aged 2 to 5 years in the slums

Malnutrition among children in developing countries is a major public health problem, especially in India. Inappropriate feeding practices, in combination with other causes such as infection and food shortage, may be responsible for 1/3rd of malnutrition. Moreover, the risk of mortality is inversely related to children's height-for-age and weight-for-height.&#x0D; The aim: To assess the nutritional status of children aged 2 to 5 years in the urban field practice area of SVIMS-Sri Padmavathi Medical College for Women, Tirupati and to determine the impact of low birth weight, breastfeeding practices and other related factors on the nutritional status of the above study population.&#x0D; Materials and methods: This is a community-based observational cross-sectional study conducted among 282 children aged 2 to 5 years in the urban field practice area of SVIMS-Sri Padmavathi Medical College for Women, Tirupati. Socio-demographic data, Birth history, breastfeeding practices and anthropometric measurements were noted in the study questionnaire. Nutritional status was determined using HAZ, WHZ and WAZ scores of WHO child growth standards. Data was entered and analyzed using IBM SPSS Statistics 26 version to test for association between categorical variables, and a p-value &lt; 0.05 was considered statistically significant.&#x0D; Results: A total of 282 school children with mean age of 39.9 (+10.4) months participated in the study, of which 132 (46.8 %) were boys and 150 (53.2 %) were girls. This study observed exclusive breastfeeding in 193 (68.4 %) children. Prevalence of stunting, wasting and being underweight were 22 %, 12.4 % and 23.8 %, respectively. A statistically significant association was found between stunting (p=0.006) and underweight (p=0.001) with low birth weight children.&#x0D; Conclusions: The present study revealed a high prevalence of malnutrition, especially stunting, a common outcome of long-term malnutrition among young children. Low birth weight and inappropriate breastfeeding practices result in long-term adverse consequences on the nutrition of preschool children, which should be prevented through appropriate strategies.