Assessment of nutritional status by composite index for anthropometric failure: a study among slum children in Bankura, West Bengal.
A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted to find out the prevalence of composite index of anthropometric failure (CIAF) among 117 slum dwelling under-five children in Bankura town, West Bengal and its relation with some common socio-economic factors. Among study population, the prevalence of underweight was 41.6%, whereas CIAF was 80.3%. CIAF gave a near complete estimation of undernutrition unlike underweight. Children who were unimmunized, with more number of siblings, living in a nuclear family, or with illiterate mothers were more likely to be undernourished.
Department of Community Medicine, B.S. Medical College, Bankura, West Bengal, India. subhadeep3@gmail.com
Subhadeep
S
Shit
Pranita
P
Taraphdar
Dipta K
DK
Mukhopadhyay
Apurba
A
Sinhababu
Akhil B
AB
Biswas
D000886:Anthropometry; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D044342:Malnutrition / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009035:Mothers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015596:Nutrition Assessment; D009752:Nutritional Status; D011204:Poverty Areas; D015995:Prevalence; D013851:Thinness / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology*; D019282:Wasting Syndrome / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology*