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Nutritional Status of Children (0-24 Months) In Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh Regions
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@MISC{Khan_nutritionalstatus,
author = {Yasmeen Khan and Nelofar Khan},
title = {Nutritional Status of Children (0-24 Months) In Jammu Kashmir and Ladakh Regions},
year = {}
}
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Abstract
Abstract- This paper discusses the results of an analysis on community based cross sectional study of infant growth faltering and feeding practices in three regions of Jammu Kashmir and ladakh for which data has been collected during 2004-2006 and compiled in March 2007.results indicate a statistically significant positive association between malnutrition and feeding practices. Feeding practices in all the three regions studied were not as per internationally accepted recommendations. Around 66 % of mothers gave pre-lacteal feeds, most common being sugar water, honey, plain water, artificial milk and Jaggery. Pre-lacteal feeding was common in Jammu and Kashmir regions but was not very common in Ladakh. In all the three regions, as the age of the studied children advanced from 0 to 2 years, the prevalence rate of malnutrition exhibited a parallel increase. This pattern was observed in higher frequency among infants from middle and lower income groups. Chronic malnutrition evidenced by stunting with insignificant inter-regional differences (P>0.01) was observed in 14.1%, 17.2 % and 16.8 % of the children in Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh. Current malnutrition was more prominent in Kashmir as 29.3 % children were underweight as against 16.2 % in Jammu and 15.8 % in Ladakh (p< 0.01). Acute malnutrition also showed significant inter-regional difference (P<0.05). Highest frequency of wasted children was recorded in Kashmir as 14.4%, followed by 12.1 % from Jammu while in Ladakh only 6.9 % of children were found to be wasted. I.
Keyphrases
jammu kashmir 0-24 month ladakh region nutritional status feeding practice insignificant inter-regional difference wasted child artificial milk income group sugar water significant inter-regional difference prevalence rate cross sectional study current malnutrition infant growth faltering significant positive association acute malnutrition parallel increase highest frequency kashmir region chronic malnutrition plain water pre-lacteal feed pre-lacteal feeding studied child
