Open AccessA STUDY TO DETERMINE THE NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF HIGH SCHOOL CHILDREN IN RURAL AREA RAJASTAHAN
Author(s) -
Shaitan Singh Balai
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
international journal of medical and biomedical studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2589-8698
pISSN - 2589-868X
DOI - 10.32553/ijmbs.v5i8.2116
Subject(s) - underweight , overweight , environmental health , obesity , medicine , rural area , cross sectional study , gerontology , pathology
Background: Over the past few years in India, childhood overweight and obesity is increasingly being observed with the changing lifestyle of families with inadequate exercises and unhealthy food lifestyles.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out on 100 students from each class was selected using systematic random sampling. Results: The overweight students were mainly boys and the underweight students were mainly girls. Nutritional value of the majority of students was poor due to consumption of junk foods, lack of exercise, outdoor activities, inadequate intake of food and imbalanced diet. Conclusion: In the present study, majority of high school students in 8th, 9th, and 10th standards were underweight, and the prevalence of overweight and obesity were less.
Keywords: Overweight, Underweight, Rural