Indicators of Malnutrition Among School-Going Children in an Eastern State (West Bengal) of India

References

• Akuno, M. H., G. Nocella, E. P. Milia, and L. Gutierrez. 2019. Factors influencing the relationship between fluoride in drinking water and dental fluorosis: A ten-year systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Water and Health 17 (6):845–62. doi:10.2166/wh.2019.300.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Berhanu, A., S. Garoma, G. Arero, and G. Mosisa. 2022. Stunting and associated factors among school-age children (5–14 years) in Mulo district, Oromia region, Ethiopia. SAGE Open Medicine 10. doi:10.1177/20503121221127880.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bhutta, Z. A., J. A. Berkley, R. H. Bandsma, M. Kerac, I. Trehan, and A. Briend. 2017. Severe childhood malnutrition. Nature Reviews Disease Primers 3 (1):1–18. doi:10.1038/nrdp.2017.67.
   Google Scholar
• Bogale, T., E. Bala, M. Tadesse, and B. O. Asamoah. 2018. Prevalence and associated factors for stunting among 6–12 years old school age children from rural community of Humbo district, Southern Ethiopia. BMC Public 18 (1):653. doi:10.1186/s12889-018-5561-z.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Casadei, K., and J. Kiel. 2019. Anthropometric measurement.
   Google Scholar
• Chakraborty, M., and S. Ghosh. 2020. Factors influencing the nutritional status among children of 6-11 years of age: A case study from Indian megacity. Journal of Health Management 22 (1):78–95. doi:10.1177/0972063420908394.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Crawley, J., M. Mwangome, J. Berkley, and A. Briend. 2019. Mid upper arm circumference tapes for assessment of severe acute malnutrition. Revolutionizing Tropical Medicine: Point‐Of‐Care Tests, New Imaging Technologies and Digital Health 294–305.
   Google Scholar
• Das, S., D. Addhya, and F. Chakrabarty. 2012. Prevalence of thinness among 6-12 years rural children of Kharagpur Antrocom. Journal of Anthropology 8 (1):1973–2880.
   Google Scholar
• Fanzo, J., C. Hawkes, E. Udomkesmalee, A. Afshin, L. Allemandi, O. Assery, P. Baker, J. Battersby, Z. Bhutta, K. Chen, et al., 2019. 2018 Global Nutrition Report.
   Google Scholar
• Gopaldas, T. 2005. Improved effect of school meals with micronutrient supplementation and deworming. Food and Nutrition Bulletin 26 (2 Suppl 2):S220–9. doi:10.1177/15648265050262S213. PMID: 16075572.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Haddad, L., E. Achadi, M. A. Bendech, A. Ahuja, K. Bhatia, Z. Bhutta, M. Blössner, E. Borghi, E. Colecraft, M. de Onis, et al. 2015. The global nutrition report 2014: Actions and accountability to accelerate the world’s progress on nutrition. The Journal of Nutrition 145 (4):663–71. doi:10.3945/jn.114.206078. PMID:25740908.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Handa, R., F. Ahamad, K. K. Kesari, and R. Prasad. 2008. Assessment of nutritional status of 7-10 years school going children of Allahabad district: A review. Middle East Journal of Scientific Research 3 (3):109–15.
   Google Scholar
• Herrador, Z., L. Sordo, E. Gadisa, J. Moreno, J. Nieto, A. Benito, A. Aseffa, C. Cañavate, and E. Custodio. 2014. Cross-sectional study of malnutrition and associated factors among school aged children in rural and urban settings of Fogera and Libo Kemkem Districts, Ethiopia. PloS One 9 (9):e105880. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0105880.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kanami, S., and G. Tara. 1998. A nutritional status on under privileged MDM beneficiaries of India. Nutrition Research 8 (9):995–1004. doi:10.1016/S0271-5317(88)80054-X.
   Google Scholar
• Kanwar, S. C., A. Sabharwal, K. Bhadra, and A. Narang. 2011. Nationwide reference data for height, weight and body mass index of Indian schoolchildren. National Medical Journal of India 24 (5):269–77.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Kotecha, P. V. 2011. Nutritional anemia in young children with focus on Asia and India. Indian Journal of Community Medicine 36 (1):8. doi:10.4103/0970-0218.80786.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Kumawat, R., R. Acharya, G. Sharma, R. Sethia, K. Shekhawat, and M. Rattiram. 2016. A descriptive cross-sectional study to assess prevalence of malnutrition in school children 6-14 years of age in rural and urban area of Bikaner, Rajasthan, India. International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health 3 (7):1079–183. doi:10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20161361.
   Google Scholar
• LeBlanc, J. G., C. Milani, G. S. De Giori, F. Sesma, D. Van Sinderen, and M. Ventura. 2013. Bacteria as vitamin suppliers to their host: A gut microbiota perspective. Current Opinion in Biotechnology 24 (2):160–168. doi:10.1016/j.copbio.2012.08.005.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Melese, S. T., G. Bedatu, and H. Kalkidan. 2020. Prevalence of undernutrition and associated factors among preschool children in Jimma town, South West Ethiopia. African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development 20 (3):15954–77. doi:10.18697/ajfand.91.18255.
   Google Scholar
• Menon, P., D. Headey, R. Avula, and P. H. Nguyen. 2018. Understanding the geographical burden of stunting in India: A regression-decomposition analysis of district-level data from 2015–16. Maternal & Child Nutrition 14 (4):e12620. doi:10.1111/mcn.12620
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Mkhize, M., and M. Sibanda. 2020. A review of selected studies on the factors associated with the nutrition status of children under the age of five years in South Africa. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17 (21):7973. doi:10.3390/ijerph17217973.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Mramba, L., M. Ngari, M. Mwangome, L. Muchai, E. Bauni, A. S. Walker, D. M. Gibb, G. Fegan, and J. A. Berkley. 2017. A growth reference for mid upper arm circumference for age among school age children and adolescents, and validation for mortality: Growth curve construction and longitudinal cohort study. BMJ j3423. doi:10.1136/bmj.j3423.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Mukherjee, M. R., S. Chaturvedi, and R. Bhalwar. 2008. Determinants of nutritional status of school children. Medical Journal Armed Forces India 64 (3):227–31. doi:10.1016/S0377-1237(08)80099-8.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Narayan, J., D. John, and N. Ramadas. 2019. Malnutrition in India: Status and government initiatives. Journal of Public Health Policy 40 (1):126–141. doi:10.1057/s41271-018-0149-5.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• National family health survey (NFHS-5). 2019–20. http://rchiips.org/nfhs/factsheet_NFHS-5.shtml
   Google Scholar
• Pal, A., S. Manna, R. Dalui, R. Mukhopadhyay, and P. C. Dhara. 2021. Undernutrition and associated factors among children aged 5–10 years in West Bengal, India: A community-based cross-sectional study. Egyptian Pediatric Association Gazette 69 (1):40. doi:10.1186/s43054-021-00087-7.
   Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Prince, K., and A. Laar. 2014. Nutritional status of school-age children in the Nkwanta South District-volta region of Ghana. European Science Journal 10:30.
   Google Scholar
• Rahman, M. A., and R. Karim. 2014. Prevalence of stunting and thinness among adolescents in rural areas of Bangladesh. Journal of Asian Scientific Research 4 (1):39–46.
   Google Scholar
• Sarkar, R., and M. Jamadar. 2018. Demographic characteristics of population in West Bengal: A geographical analysis. In Sustainable development of natural resources, ed. K. Kumaraswamy, K. Balasubramani, R. Jegankum, and P. Masilamani, 647–87. New Delhi: R K books.
   Google Scholar
• Srivastava, A., S. E. Mahmood, P. M. Srivastava, V. P. Shrotriya, and B. Kumar. 2012. Nutritional status of school-age children-a scenario of urban slums in India. Archives of Public Health 70 (1):8. doi:10.1186/0778-7367-70-8.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Tanzania Food and Nutrition Centre (TFNC). 2016. Nutrition Assessment, Counselling and support (NACS): Reference Manual for Training Health Facility-Based Service Providers. Dar es Salaam.
   Google Scholar
• Thakur, K., S. K. Tomar, A. K. Singh, S. Mandal, and S. Arora. 2017. Riboflavin and health: A review of recent human research. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition 57 (17):3650–3660. doi:10.1080/10408398.2016.1145104.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• UNICEF. 2009. Mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) measuring tapes. Technical Bulletin, 13.
   Google Scholar
• UNICEF. 2013. Improving child nutrition: the achievable imperative for global progress. New York, 114
   Google Scholar
• Vassilakou, T. 2021. Childhood malnutrition: Time for action. Children 8 (2):103. doi:10.3390/children8020103.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Wamani, H., A. N. Astrom, S. Peterson, J. K. Tumwine, and T. Tylleskar. 2007. Boys are more stunted than girls in Sub-Saharan Africa: A meta-analysis of 16 demographic and health surveys. BMC Pediatrics 7 (1):17. doi:10.1186/1471-2431-7-17.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• WHO. 1983. Measuring change in nutritional status. Guidelines for assessing the nutritional impact of supplementary feeding program for vulnerable groups. Geneva.
   Google Scholar
• WHO. 2006. The WHO child growth standards http://www.who.int/childgrowth/en/ and http://www.who.int/childgrowth/publications/technical_report_pub/en/.
   Google Scholar
• WHO. 2007. World Health Organization growth reference data for 5‐19 years, Geneva: WHO.
   Google Scholar
• WHO. 2008. Training Course on Child Growth Assessment. Geneva: World Health Organization.
   Google Scholar
• WHO. 2011. Waist circumference and Waist: Hip ratio: Report of a WHO expert consultation, 8–11 December 2008. Geneva: World Health Organization.
   Google Scholar
• Wolde, M., Y. Berhan, and A. Chala. 2015. Determinants of underweight, stunting and wasting among school children. BMC Public 15 (1):8. doi:10.1186/s12889-014-1337-2.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• World Health Organization. 2021. Malnutrition. [online] Who.int. Accessed May, 5 2023. https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/malnutrition.
   Google Scholar
• Yeasmin, S., and K. Islam. 2016. Prevalence and determinants of undernutrition among school age slum children in Dhaka City, Bangladesh. Journal of Nutrition and Health Sciences 3 (2):201. doi:10.15744/2393-9060.3.201.
   Google Scholar