COMPARATIVE STUDY OF ANTHROPOMETRIC STATUS BETWEEN SANTAL AND GENERAL PRE-SCHOOL (1-5 YEARS) BOYS

Subhashis Sasmal and Sankar Kumar Dey*

ABSTRACT

Developing country like India accounts for about 40% undernourished children in the world. It is well documented that chronic undernutrition is associated with slower cognitive development and serious health impairment later in life which reduces the quality of life in children. So the present study suggests the anthropometric status like height, weight, head circumference, chest circumference and mid upper arm circumference between Santal and General Pre-school (1-5 years) boys. The sample for present cross sectional study, the santal and general boys having age range between 1-5 years was selected randomly from different villages of Paschim Medinipur, Purba Medinipur and Bankura districts of West Bengal, India. Results shows that the anthropometric parameters between santal and general pre-school boys were lower in santal pre-school children of boys compared with general pre-school children of boys. It may be concluded that santal pre-school children have poor nutritional status compare with general pre-school children. So need to appropriate steps to improve the nutritional status of santal children.

Keywords: Boys; Tribal, General, Anthropometric Status.