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Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar

Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University popularly known as HAU, is one of Asia's biggest agricultural universities, located at Hisar in the Indian state of Haryana. It is named after India's seventh Prime Minister, Chaudhary Charan Singh. It is a leader in agricultural research in India and contributed significantly to Green Revolution and White Revolution in India in the 1960s and 70s. It has a very large campus and has several research centres throughout the state. It won the Indian Council of Agricultural Research's Award for the Best Institute in 1997. HAU was initially a campus of Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana. After the formation of Haryana in 1966, it became an autonomous institution on February 2, 1970 through a Presidential Ordinance, later ratified as Haryana and Punjab Agricultural Universities Act, 1970, passed by the Lok Sabha on March 29, 1970. A. L. Fletcher, the first Vice-Chancellor of the university, was instrumental in its initial growth.

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Subject: Foods and Nutrition × Author: Katyal, Anjula × End date: 2014 × Start date: 2012 × Type: Thesis ×
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    Assessment of nutritional status of school going children (7-9 years) of Mahendergarh district of Haryana
    (CCSHAU, 2014) Katyal, Anjula; Kawatra, Asha
    Present investigation was undertaken to assess the nutritional status of school going children from Mahendergarh district of Haryana. Two hundred school going children (100 boys and 100 girls of 7-9 years of age) from two villages namely Kanina and Gudha were selected. Information was collected on socio-economic status, dietary habits, food and nutrient intake (24-h recall method), anthropometric measurements, clinical assessment of children and nutritional knowledge of mothers of school going children. Majority of respondents were from families having monthly income of Rs 4,001-8,000. The intake of cereals, pulses, milk and milk products, roots and tubers, other vegetables, green leafy vegetables, fruits, sugar and jaggery and fats and oils were significantly (P<0.05) lower than RDI in both boys as well as in girls. The intake of all the nutrients energy, protein, fat, calcium, -Carotene, iron, thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin C, folic acid and vitamin B12 was significantly (P<0.05) lower than their respective RDAs in both boys as well as in girls The mean height, weight and triceps skin fold thickness of school going children were significantly (P<0.05) lower than their respective standard values. Out of 200 school going children, 27 per cent were moderately underweight, 21.5 per cent moderately stunted while 15.5 per cent children were moderately wasted and 11, 10 and 7.5 per cent were severely underweight, stunted and wasted, respectively. However, clinical deficiency signs i.e. lack of luster, diffused pigmentation, pale conjunctiva, cheilosis, spongy and bleeding gums, caries, mottled and discolored teeth, scarlet and raw tongue and magenta tongue were found in the respondents. The results of the study revealed that consumption of food stuffs like cereals, pulses, sugars, fats etc were lower in the diets of rural school children. Nutrients like energy, fat, protein, Bcomplex vitamins, vitamin, Iron and calcium were found limiting in the diets of school children. Nutrition education was imparted with the help of lectures and visual aids like charts, posters, leaflets and pamphlets to mothers of the school going children. Majority of the mothers had inadequate nutrition knowledge regarding nutrition before imparting nutrition education. Significant (P<0.01) increase in knowledge scores regarding sources of nutrients and other important aspects was observed after imparting nutrition education to the mothers. There is an urgent need to educate mothers of school going children about the importance of balanced diet and to include nutrient-rich recipes based on locally available food stuffs in the children’s diet to improve their nutritional status.