Open AccessRisk factors for undernutrition in under-five children living in a migrant populated area of South Delhi
Author(s) -
Deepti Dabar,
Vikas Yadav,
Akhil Dhanesh Goel,
Abha Mangal,
Priyanka Prasad,
Mahendra Singh
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_1185_19
Subject(s) - medicine , malnutrition , new delhi , environmental health , optometry , socioeconomics , pediatrics , gerontology , sociology , pathology , metropolitan area
Undernutrition is continuing to be a major public health problem in India. Moreover, India houses more than 30% of the world's stunted children aged under 5 years. There was a paucity of a community-based cross-sectional study on the nutrition of children aged under 5 years in urban Delhi. Therefore, we conducted this study to assess the prevalence of undernutrition and their associated factors in children aged under 5 years in urban South Delhi.