Diet and Nutritional Status of Tribal Population Report on First Repeat Survey
Published By: National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) | Published Date: January, 01 , 2000In this report about 90,885 individuals were covered for nutritional anthropometry and clinical examination from 30,390 households. The results indicated that there was reduction in the prevalence of severe degree undernutrition (<60% of weight for age of NCHS standards) in preschool children with a concomitant increase in the proportion of normal and mild degree undernutrition. The reduction in severe grade undernutrition was noticed in all the States and in both the sexes. But, there appeared to be a declining trend in the food intake by individuals of different age and sex groups.
Author(s): National Institute of Nutrition | Posted on: Feb 29, 2016 | Views() | Download (181)