Open AccessAssessment of Under Nutrition Using Composite Index of Anthropometric Failure (CIAF) amongst Toddlers Residing in Urban Slums of Raipur City, Chhattisgarh, India
Author(s) -
G S Boregowda,
G. P. Soni,
Kamlesh Jain,
Shubhra Agrawal
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2015/12822.6197
Subject(s) - underweight , anthropometry , wasting , malnutrition , slum , medicine , environmental health , population , geography , body mass index , demography , pathology , overweight , endocrinology , sociology
Several indicators have been used for measurement of under nutrition in the past. They are overlapping and none individually provide a comprehensive number of under nourished in the community. The effort has been to discuss the use of an alternative indicator of malnutrition - the composite index of anthropometric failure (CIAF).
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