Open AccessAssessment of malnutrition among adolescents: Can BMI be replaced by MUAC
Author(s) -
Aparajita Dasgupta,
Arindam Butt,
Tushar Kanti Saha,
Gandhari Basu,
Amitava Chattopadhyay,
Anindya Mukherjee
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
indian journal of community medicine/indian journal of community medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-3581
pISSN - 0970-0218
DOI - 10.4103/0970-0218.66892
Subject(s) - slum , anthropometry , malnutrition , medicine , body mass index , population , demography , pediatrics , epidemiology , environmental health , sociology
To find out the magnitude of malnutrition among the adolescents of an urban slum of Kolkata study population. To compare the middle upper arm circumference (MUAC) with that of body mass index (BMI) for determination of nutritional status of the study population.