title: Tamil Nadu nutritional survey comparing children aged 0-3 years with the NCHS/CDC reference population.
abstract: A cross-sectional nutritional survey of children belonging to Tamil Nadu State of India, aged 0-3 years was conducted on a representative sample of 2039 children. The collected data was analysed using the recommended indices of height-for-age and weight-for-height based on standard deviation (SD scores) and cross-classified using the SD scores. The nutritional status of these children was compared with the NCHS standard. Prevalence of stunting (27.6%), wasting (9.9%) and simultaneous wasting and stunting (10.7%) was high among the children studied.
authors.affiliation: RUHSA Department, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Abel
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sampathkumar
mesh_terms: D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003906:Developing Countries; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D011502:Protein-Energy Malnutrition / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012016:Reference Values