Open AccessNutritional assessment of tribal women in Kainatty, Wayanad: A cross-sectional study
Author(s) -
Sreelakshmi Mohandas,
K Amritesh,
Harsha Lais,
Sanjeev A. Vasudevan,
S Ajithakumari
Publication year - 2019
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/ijcm.ijcm_39_19
Subject(s) - underweight , medicine , malnutrition , cross sectional study , functional illiteracy , disadvantaged , body mass index , demography , smokeless tobacco , obesity , khat , overweight , environmental health , pediatrics , population , pathology , tobacco use , psychiatry , sociology , political science , law
Women from a society reflect the culture that they are a part of and tribal women are the most disadvantaged considering the levels of illiteracy and ignorance. As per the National Family Health Survey 4 reports, in Kerala, undernutrition is particularly common among women from scheduled tribes, 20%. This study was done to assess the nutritional status and its associated factors among tribal women in the reproductive age group at Wayanad.