title: Assessment of nutritional status of rural tribal children in Tripura.
abstract: This cross-sectional study evaluated the nutritional status of 608 rural tribal children (age 6 to 15 years) from Jampuijala block of West Tripura district, India. Prevalence of stunting, thinness and overweight were 23.7%, 33.4% and 0.8%, respectively. The prevalence of stunting and thinness was found to be higher in boys than in girls.
authors: S K
authors: SK
authors: Sil
authors: S Roy
authors: SR
authors: Sarkar
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Saha
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Roy
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D009752:Nutritional Status / Q000502:physiology*; D050177:Overweight / Q000453:epidemiology; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013334:Students / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013851:Thinness / Q000453:epidemiology