期刊名称：Asian Journal of Biological and Life Sciences
印刷版ISSN：2278-747X
电子版ISSN：2278-5957
出版年度：2013
卷号：2
页码：68-72
出版社：Pbspublishing
摘要：A cross-sectional study of 749 rural adolescent girls of age 10-18 years of Salboni block Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal, India was undertaken to evaluate nutritional status. Anthropometric measurements including weight and height were taken following standard techniques. Body mass index (BMI) was calculated using international BMI cut-off point for children and adolescence from 2 to 18 years of age. Results revealed that girls of 10 years had highest (65.1 %) prevalence of undernutrition. The overall prevalence of undernutrition was (48.3 %). A significant age difference existed for weight (F= 41.023, p< 0.001), height (F= 32.907, p< 0.001) and BMI (F= 17.979, p< 0.001). Age difference was also evident (ϰ2= 75.214; df= 32; p <0.001) in nutritional status. It was concluded that the studied rural girls of Salboni block were suffering from very high (critical situation) rate of undernutrition. Urgent nutritional intervention programme should be given to them
