Prevalence of double burden of malnutrition among urban school going Bodo children aged 5-11 years of Assam, Northeast India
<p><strong></strong><strong>Background:</strong> Overweight, obesity and thinness are major important determinants of adverse public health issues, which lead to <ins cite="mailto:user" datetime="2015-10-19T20:42">the </ins>develop<ins...
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| description | <p><strong></strong><strong>Background:</strong> Overweight, obesity and thinness are major important determinants of adverse public health issues, which lead to <ins cite="mailto:user" datetime="2015-10-19T20:42">the </ins>develop<ins cite="mailto:user" datetime="2015-10-19T20:43">ment of</ins> several preventable non-communicable disease and ill-health conditions. <strong>Aims and objectives:</strong> The objectives of the present study <ins cite="mailto:hp" datetime="2015-10-20T14:33">were</ins> to assess the prevalence and <ins cite="mailto:hp" datetime="2015-10-19T19:01">certain </ins><ins cite="mailto:hp" datetime="2015-10-19T19:32">socioeconomic</ins><ins cite="mailto:hp" datetime="2015-10-19T19:01"> and demographic </ins>factors affecting the double burden of malnutrition among urban children of Assam, Northeast India. <strong>Materials and Methods:</strong> <span><ins cite="mailto:user" datetime="2015-10-20T16:52">The p</ins></span>resent cross-sectional study was undertaken among 1017 (528 boys; 489 girls) the tribal Bodo children aged 5-11 years of Udalguri district of Assam, Northeast India <ins cite="mailto:user" datetime="2015-10-20T16:53">by</ins> using the stratified random sampling method. Height and weight were obtained using standard anthropometric procedures and Body Mass Index (BMI=weight/height<sup>2</sup>, kg/m<sup>2</sup>) was calculated. The prevalence of <ins cite="mailto:hp" datetime="2015-10-19T19:02">thinness, </ins>overweight<ins cite="mailto:hp" datetime="2015-10-19T19:02"> and</ins> obesity was assessed by using recently proposed age-sex specific BMI based international classification/reference of Cole et al. <strong>Results:</strong> The overall prevalence of overweight (boys 13.45%; girls 11.04%) was found slightly greater than obesity (boys 11.93%; girls 10.02%). The result show<ins cite="mailto:user" datetime="2015-10-20T12:11">ed</ins> <ins cite="mailto:user" datetime="2015-10-20T12:12">that </ins>10.23% and 11.04% <ins cite="mailto:hp" datetime="2015-10-20T14:35">were </ins>suffering from thinness among boys and girls, respectively. Binary logistic regression analysis showed that the odds were found to be significantly associated with ≤ 10<sup>th</sup> standard mothers' education, 1<sup>st</sup> earning head and Rupees <10000 income households (p<0.05) for thinness. Similarly, greater risks were observed in 5-6 years, 7-9 years, ≥7 household members and a lower association with ≤ 10<sup>th</sup> standard mothers’ education for being overweight-obesity (p<0.05). <strong>Conclusion:</strong> The emergence of overweight-obesity with higher degree of thinness, hence the prevalence of ‘double burden of malnutrition’<ins cite="mailto:user" datetime="2015-10-20T16:54"> in this population</ins>. <ins cite="mailto:user" datetime="2015-10-20T16:54">A</ins>ppropriate nutritional intervention programmes, dissemination of nutrition related awareness among parents and community level<ins cite="mailto:user" datetime="2015-10-20T16:55"> are</ins> necessary to reduce the future possibility of double malnutrition burden among <ins cite="mailto:user" datetime="2015-10-20T16:55">other ethnic </ins>populations<strong><em><ins cite="mailto:user" datetime="2015-10-20T16:56"> </ins></em></strong><ins cite="mailto:user" datetime="2015-10-20T16:56">of India</ins>.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d95164f57ee747cca5087d666f8aaeb72025-08-20T01:55:05ZengMilano University PressEpidemiology, Biostatistics and Public Health2282-09302015-12-0112410.2427/1149710582Prevalence of double burden of malnutrition among urban school going Bodo children aged 5-11 years of Assam, Northeast IndiaNitish Mondal0Bardoi Basumatary1Junali Kropi2Kaushik Bose3Department of Anthropology, Assam University; Diphu Campus, Diphu, Assam, IndiaDepartment of Anthropology, Assam University; Diphu Campus, Diphu, Assam, IndiaDepartment of Anthropology, Assam University; Diphu Campus, Diphu, Assam, IndiaDepartment of Anthropology, Vidyasagar University, Medinipur, West Bengal 721102, India<p><strong></strong><strong>Background:</strong> Overweight, obesity and thinness are major important determinants of adverse public health issues, which lead to <ins cite="mailto:user" datetime="2015-10-19T20:42">the </ins>develop<ins cite="mailto:user" datetime="2015-10-19T20:43">ment of</ins> several preventable non-communicable disease and ill-health conditions. <strong>Aims and objectives:</strong> The objectives of the present study <ins cite="mailto:hp" datetime="2015-10-20T14:33">were</ins> to assess the prevalence and <ins cite="mailto:hp" datetime="2015-10-19T19:01">certain </ins><ins cite="mailto:hp" datetime="2015-10-19T19:32">socioeconomic</ins><ins cite="mailto:hp" datetime="2015-10-19T19:01"> and demographic </ins>factors affecting the double burden of malnutrition among urban children of Assam, Northeast India. <strong>Materials and Methods:</strong> <span><ins cite="mailto:user" datetime="2015-10-20T16:52">The p</ins></span>resent cross-sectional study was undertaken among 1017 (528 boys; 489 girls) the tribal Bodo children aged 5-11 years of Udalguri district of Assam, Northeast India <ins cite="mailto:user" datetime="2015-10-20T16:53">by</ins> using the stratified random sampling method. Height and weight were obtained using standard anthropometric procedures and Body Mass Index (BMI=weight/height<sup>2</sup>, kg/m<sup>2</sup>) was calculated. The prevalence of <ins cite="mailto:hp" datetime="2015-10-19T19:02">thinness, </ins>overweight<ins cite="mailto:hp" datetime="2015-10-19T19:02"> and</ins> obesity was assessed by using recently proposed age-sex specific BMI based international classification/reference of Cole et al. <strong>Results:</strong> The overall prevalence of overweight (boys 13.45%; girls 11.04%) was found slightly greater than obesity (boys 11.93%; girls 10.02%). The result show<ins cite="mailto:user" datetime="2015-10-20T12:11">ed</ins> <ins cite="mailto:user" datetime="2015-10-20T12:12">that </ins>10.23% and 11.04% <ins cite="mailto:hp" datetime="2015-10-20T14:35">were </ins>suffering from thinness among boys and girls, respectively. Binary logistic regression analysis showed that the odds were found to be significantly associated with ≤ 10<sup>th</sup> standard mothers' education, 1<sup>st</sup> earning head and Rupees <10000 income households (p<0.05) for thinness. Similarly, greater risks were observed in 5-6 years, 7-9 years, ≥7 household members and a lower association with ≤ 10<sup>th</sup> standard mothers’ education for being overweight-obesity (p<0.05). <strong>Conclusion:</strong> The emergence of overweight-obesity with higher degree of thinness, hence the prevalence of ‘double burden of malnutrition’<ins cite="mailto:user" datetime="2015-10-20T16:54"> in this population</ins>. <ins cite="mailto:user" datetime="2015-10-20T16:54">A</ins>ppropriate nutritional intervention programmes, dissemination of nutrition related awareness among parents and community level<ins cite="mailto:user" datetime="2015-10-20T16:55"> are</ins> necessary to reduce the future possibility of double malnutrition burden among <ins cite="mailto:user" datetime="2015-10-20T16:55">other ethnic </ins>populations<strong><em><ins cite="mailto:user" datetime="2015-10-20T16:56"> </ins></em></strong><ins cite="mailto:user" datetime="2015-10-20T16:56">of India</ins>.</p>http://ebph.it/article/view/11497 |
| spellingShingle | Nitish Mondal Bardoi Basumatary Junali Kropi Kaushik Bose Prevalence of double burden of malnutrition among urban school going Bodo children aged 5-11 years of Assam, Northeast India Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Public Health |
| title | Prevalence of double burden of malnutrition among urban school going Bodo children aged 5-11 years of Assam, Northeast India |
| title_full | Prevalence of double burden of malnutrition among urban school going Bodo children aged 5-11 years of Assam, Northeast India |
| title_fullStr | Prevalence of double burden of malnutrition among urban school going Bodo children aged 5-11 years of Assam, Northeast India |
| title_full_unstemmed | Prevalence of double burden of malnutrition among urban school going Bodo children aged 5-11 years of Assam, Northeast India |
| title_short | Prevalence of double burden of malnutrition among urban school going Bodo children aged 5-11 years of Assam, Northeast India |
| title_sort | prevalence of double burden of malnutrition among urban school going bodo children aged 5 11 years of assam northeast india |
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