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VOL. 3, ISSUE 2 (2018)
Assessment of present health status of school going children from ‘Tetroid city of India’ Pithampur and Indore city from Madhya Pradesh
Authors
Sudhira Chandel, Prakhar Rathore, Dayaram Rajpoot
Abstract
For the present study the purposive random sampling technique was employed to select the sample of two hundred boys and girls (n=200) of 6th standard, 100 students were selected from School going children of Pithampur and Indore, Madhya Pradesh. Form the selected students the Body Masss Index (BMI) was calculated to find the present health status of the children. Weight machine and Height chart were employed to collect the data and findings shows that Children from Pithampur found 71% Underweight, 21% Normal and 8% found Overweight, whereas Children from Indore found 77% Underweight, 16% Normal and 7% found Overweight. Most of the children are lying in the underweight category which may be due to physical and psychological causes such as – Genetics Stress and Depression, Digestive Problems and other diseases, Eating Disorder, Parental Ignorance, Cultural Influence, Socio-economic status, Lack of Physical Exercises also leads to underweight in children.
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Pages:1182-1184
How to cite this article:
Sudhira Chandel, Prakhar Rathore, Dayaram Rajpoot "Assessment of present health status of school going children from ‘Tetroid city of India’ Pithampur and Indore city from Madhya Pradesh". International Journal of Advanced Research and Development, Vol 3, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 1182-1184
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