Nutritional status of rural vs urban school going children consuming mid day meal: A comparative study

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dc.contributor.advisorKhetarpaul, Neelam
dc.contributor.authorRana, Neha
dc.date.accessioned2016-11-10T10:14:14Z
dc.date.available2016-11-10T10:14:14Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractThe present study was undertaken in Hisar district of Haryana state. Govt. Primary School of Hisar city and Govt. Primary School of Mangali village of Hisar I block were selected as per the demand of study. A sample of 100 rural and 100 urban respondents of 5-10 year age were taken, thus to make a total sample of 200 school going children. Anthropometric measurements, analysis of blood and dietary intake (24-h recall method) were used to assess the nutritional status of rural and urban school going children who were consuming Mid Day Meal. Their intake of pulses and green leafy vegetables was significantly lower than RDI. Significant differences were found in cereals (t=3.17*), roots and tuber (t= 3.51*), other vegetables (t= 10.64*), green leafy vegetables (t=5.49*), milk and milk products (t=9.65*) and sugar and jaggery (t=6.03*) in the daily diets of rural and urban respondents. Intake of iron, zinc and vitamin A was significantly lower than their respective RDAs. Areawise comparison showed that rural diet were significantly higher in protein, iron and zinc content than urban diet. Out of 200 school going children, 32.5 per cent were underweight, 27.5 per cent stunted while 17 per cent children were wasted; out of them 5.5, 8 and 3.5 per cent were severely underweight, stunted and wasted, respectively. Urban children were more wasted (27%) and underweight (34%) than rural school going children (7 and 31 %). Similarly, magnitude of wasting (26.5%) and underweight (42.1%) was higher in girls in comparison to boys (10.2 % wasted and 25.6 % underweight). Prevalence of iron deficiency anaemia was 64.5 per cent among school going children. Out of them 52.5, 1.5 and 10.5 per cent were mild, moderate and severely anaemic. Anaemia was more prevalent in urban children (73%) than children of rural area (56%). Results further revealed that girls were more anaemic in comparison to boys. Severity of anaemia was also more prevalent in (14.5%) girls. In contrast, only 7.7 per cent boys were severely anaemicen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/84797
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCCSHAUen_US
dc.subFoods and Nutrition
dc.subjectCotton, Spacing, Planting, Yields, Fertilizers, Sowing, Nutrients, Fertilizer application, Developmental stages, Cropsen_US
dc.these.typeM.Sc
dc.titleNutritional status of rural vs urban school going children consuming mid day meal: A comparative studyen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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