title: A study on nutritional status of school-going adolescents in Aligarh, India.
abstract: Adolescence is a highly vulnerable period for malnutrition. This study was based on a Global School Health Survey methodology in the 13-15-year age group; employing WHO AnthroPlus to evaluate the nutritional status, find the prevalence of both extremes of malnutrition, compare with the growth curves and to find its sociodemographic correlates. A total of 1456 students were sampled and the mean BMI for age Z score was found to be -0.11. The prevalence of overweight and obese were 11.95% and 2.27%, respectively, whereas 2.75% suffered from thinness, defined as BMI for age <2 standard deviations. The prevalence of being overweight and obese was associated with a higher standard of living, a higher education of father or mother, working mothers and father's occupation being service/business. The evident double burden of malnutrition presages a large public health burden in future, requiring interventional attention.
authors.affiliation: 1 Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, JN Medical College, AMU, Aligarh, India.
authors.forename: Nafis
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Faizi
authors.affiliation: 2 Professor, Department of Community Medicine, JN Medical College, AMU, Aligarh, India.
authors.forename: Zulfia
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.affiliation: 3 Professor, Department of Community Medicine, FH Medical College, Tundla, India.
authors.forename: Iqbal M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.affiliation: 2 Professor, Department of Community Medicine, JN Medical College, AMU, Aligarh, India.
authors.forename: Ali
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Amir
authors.affiliation: 4 Professor, Department of Psychiatry, JN Medical College, AMU, Aligarh, India.
authors.forename: Suhail A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Azmi
authors.affiliation: 2 Professor, Department of Community Medicine, JN Medical College, AMU, Aligarh, India.
authors.forename: Najam
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Khalique
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000067697:Adolescent Health; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D009035:Mothers; D009752:Nutritional Status / Q000502:physiology*; D009765:Obesity; D050177:Overweight; D015995:Prevalence; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013851:Thinness
keywords: Adolescence; AnthroPlus; nutrition; obesity; thinness