Nutritional status of Tripuri tribal adolescent boys of West Tripura district.
This cross-sectional study assesses the growth and nutritional status of 623 rural and urban Tripuri tribal adolescent boys (aged 8 to 15 years) from West Tripura district. Prevalence of stunting, thinness and overweight were observed 7.6%, 17.81% and 6.03% for urban and 27.9%, 38.37% and 0.39% respectively for rural boys.
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D000293:Adolescent; D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D009752:Nutritional Status; D050177:Overweight / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013851:Thinness / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data