Nutritional status of pre-school children of urban slum communities in Delhi.
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.
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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