Open AccessUndernutrition and associated factors among children 1-5 years of age in rural area of Haryana, India: A community based cross-sectional study
Author(s) -
Suraj Chawla,
Vikas Gupta,
Abhishek Singh,
Kashish Grover,
Ram Kumar Panika,
Pankaj Kaushal,
Anil Kumar
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_766_20
Subject(s) - underweight , wasting , medicine , malnutrition , environmental health , anthropometry , breastfeeding , cross sectional study , pediatrics , systematic sampling , under five , weight for age , malnutrition in children , body mass index , pathology , overweight , endocrinology
Children under five years of age are most vulnerable to the vicious cycles of malnutrition, disease/infection and resultant disability all of which influence the present condition of a child at the microlevel and the future human resource development of the nation at the macrolevel.