Studies on the Nutrition Manner and Nutritional Status of Pre-School Children in Tribal Area of M.P.
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2013
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The present investigation on “Studies on the nutrition manner and nutritional status of pre-school children in tribal area of M.P.” were conducted in Kundam block in Jabalpur District and Tendukhera block in Damoh District were carried out on 1568 pre-school age group children (873 Male and 695 Female) of Tendukhera block of District Damoh, and 316 pre-school age group children (181 Male and 135 Female) of Kundam Block of District Jabalpur Dietary pattern, nutrient intake and health of tribal preschool children in Kundam and Tendukhera b block of Madhya Pradesh were studied. Majority of the infants were breastfed upto the age of zero to five years. Diet of the children was monotonous and mainly consisted of rice, pulses and some vegetables. The consumption of milk, sugar and jiggery was very low. Tribal diets were found to be deficient in calorie. The study showed that an increase in family size increased the prevalence of malnutrition. The literacy level of head of the family also had an impact on the nutritional status. At the time of independence majority of Indians were poor. In spite of spending over 80 per cent of their income on food, they could not get adequate food. Living in areas of poor environmental sanitation they had high morbidity due to infections; nutrition toll due to infections was high because of poor access to health care. As a result, majority of Indians especially children were undernourished.