NUTRITIONAL STATUS AND DIETARY PRACTICE OF THE SCHOOL-GOING TOTO TRIBAL CHILDREN IN ALIPURDUAR DISTRICT, WEST BENGAL
Arup Dhar, Prasanta Sabud, Debjani Chatterjee, Ahana Sinha, Rimpa Malakar and Sujata Maiti Choudhury*
ABSTRACT
Malnutrition is a crucial public health problem among school children. Sufficient nutrition is very critical for optimum growth and development of children. The objective of the study is to determine the nutritional status and dietary habits of Toto tribal school-going children. A cross-sectional study was carried out at Totopara Village of Alipurduar district, West Bengal. from October 2020 to March 2021. Fifty children were selected by simple random sampling technique for the study. To gather data, a pre-tested questionnaire and anthropometrical measurements were used. The database was made through MS Excel and analysis of data was done by SPSS version 20.0. Logistic regression analysis was applied to identify the factors related to malnutrition. The statistical significance was expressed at p-value
Keywords: Tribal, School-going children, Malnutrition, Toto.
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