عنوان به زبان ديگر :
Very high prevalence of thinness using new international body mass index cut off points among 5-10 year old school children of nandigram, west Bengal, India
چكيده لاتين :
Medinipur District of West Bengal, India.
METHODS: A total of 596 students (323 boys and 288 girls) aged 5-10 years were included in this cross-sectional study.
Height and weight were measured and the body mass index (BMI) was computed. The new international BMI-based
classification cut-off points proposed by Cole et al were utilized to identify thinness.
RESULTS: The overall (age-combined) mean BMI among boys and girls were 13.9 kg/m2 (SD = 1.4) and 13.8 kg/m2
(SD = 1.2), respectively. In general, mean BMI increased with age in both sexes. There was no significant sex difference
in mean BMI. The overall (age-combined) prevalence of thinness was 62.9% and 61.6% in boys and girls, respectively.
CONCLUSIONS: The present study clearly indicated that the nutritional situation of these children was unsatisfactory.
