摘要：As per the World Health Organization (WHO) Body Mass Index (BMI) is the indicator of the nutritional status of an individual. It gives a quick estimation of nutritional status. Data for height (cms) and weight (Kgs) has gathered to derive the BMI and the various categories were distributed among the 210 female subject from the Government middle schools, one from urban area Durg and one from rural area Kurud, distt. Dhamtari Chhattisgarh. The results were very alarming as many of girls (>90%) were falling under malnourished over nourished category very few (<10%) were falling under normal category of BMI.
