title: Nutritional status of pre-school children of urban slum communities in Delhi.
abstract: Nutritional status of 486 preschool children residing in urban slums was assessed by making domiciliary visits. The overall prevalence of protein energy malnutrition (PEM) was found to be 81.8%, while 31.8, 44.1, 5.7 and 0.2% of children had Grades I, II, III and IV PEM, respectively. Age, sex and education had a significant association with PEM.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Kapil
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bali
mesh_terms: D000886:Anthropometry; D002664:Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D009752:Nutritional Status; D011204:Poverty Areas; D014505:Urban Population