PREVALENCE OF MALNUTRITION AMONG SCHOOL GOING CHILDREN OF UNIVERSITY CAMPUS PESHAWAR 2013
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.52206/jsmc.2014.4.1.434-437Abstract
BACKGROUND: School going children are one of the neglected public health sectors and thus lead to
improper nutrition and are at potential risk for growth and developmental problems starting from early
life, and eventually affecting their physical and mental status, so this study was conducted to highlight
malnutrition problems among school going children.
OBJECTIVES: To find the prevalence of malnutrition in school going children of university campus
Peshawar.
MATERIAL AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 400 school going
children of university campus Peshawar; during April to August 2013. Two schools of male children of
age four to twelve years were included while female children, migrants, and those having any
pathological conditions were excluded. Weight and height were measured and body mass index
calculated using standard procedures of anthropometric measurements. After that the individual BMI
were categorized according to the international standards.
RESULTS: The prevalence of malnutrition in our study was 37% among 4 to 12 years school age
children of university campus Peshawar. The prevalence of under nutrition was found in 30%; out of
which 18% were slightly underweight, 10% were moderately underweight and only 2% were severely
underweight, while only 7% were overweight.
CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of malnutrition was more (37%) among four to twelve years school
going children of University campus Peshawar and approximately 63% were normal on the
measurements of BMI calculated.
• KEY WORDS: Prevalence, Malnutrition, Underweight, Children.
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