A study on Anthropometric Measurements of Preschool children
- Research Scholar, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Faculty of Home Science, Sri Padmavathi Mahila Visvavidyalayam (Women’s University), Tirupathi, Andhra Pradesh, India.
- Dept. of Foods and Nutritional Sciences, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Andhra Pradesh, India.
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Anthropometric measurements are main indicators in assessing nutritional status. Nutritional status is a sensitive indicator of community health and nutrition. The present study is an attempt to assess the nutritional status of pre-school children of two villages, Andhra Pradesh, India. Anthropometric measurements of 200 rural preschool children (3-5years) were selected. Anthropometric measurements i.e. height and weight of each subject were taken according to the procedures. For Measurements of Height and Weight, weight for height’ and ‘height for age’ index by water low classification was selected. MUAC measurements were also taken and compared with the WHO standards. The analysis depicted that the weight of boys and girls belonging to all regions in the age groups from 3-5 years. The heights and weights of the children were lower than the NCHS standards.
[Vijayasree. Bandikolla and V. Chinnari Harika (2015); A study on Anthropometric Measurements of Preschool children Int. J. of Adv. Res. 3 (Dec). 1603-1606] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com
