Background Indigenous peoples worldwide carry a disproportionate tuberculosis burden.
There is an increasing awareness of the effect of social determinants and proximate …

Background Undernutrition is a serious health problem and highly prevalent in developing
countries. There is no as such confirmatory test to measure undernutrition. The objective of …

Objectives: This study aimed to understand the inter-relationship between height and arm
span and also to estimate nutritional status from arm span. Methods: In an anthropometric …

Background: the prevalence of overweight and obesity are increasing at an alarming rate in
the developing countries. The present cross-sectional study assesses the prevalence of …

ITALIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH Nutritional status among the Shabar tribal children
living in urban, rural and forest habit Page 1 ITALIAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH IJPH …

The Oraon and the Sarak are two distinct ethnic groups with respect to their own religion,
culture, language, and food habits, and they live in similar environmental conditions in …

The present paper intends to study the gender differences in nutritional status with reference
to age, education and family income. The data have been collected by household census …

Introduction: Santhals are the largest tribal in northern part of Bangladesh; those are at risk
of under nutrition due to poverty and improper health seeking behavior. This study was …

Introduction: L'anthropométrie est la seule et unique méthode universellement applicable,
bon marché et non invasive qui permet d'étudier les proportions du corps humain. Les …

Comprehensive nutritional assessment is the basis of nutritional diagnosis and necessary to
identify the individual or the population at a risk of dietary deficiencies. However, there is no …