Introduction. Undernutrition continues to be a major public health problem throughout the
developing world, particularly in sub‐Saharan Africa and Asia including India. Limited …

Background: The concurrent prevalence of undernutrition, overweight and obesity is a
creation of a double burden of malnutrition on the populations of several developing …

Background: India is a diversified country with a blend of people living in urban, rural& tribal
areas. According to NFHS-3, 46.6% of tribal women had Body Mass Index (BMI) below 18.5 …

Percent of body fat (PBF), fat mass (FM) and fat free mass (FFM) are useful indicators for the
assessment of body composition. The present study was conducted among 1351 children …

The term Oraons comes from the Oraon word of Chota Nagpur Plateau “to roam” which
means vagabond (Ali and Basak, 2018). According to 2011 census, the total population of …

Background: The health and nutritional problem are most common in tribal women of India.
According to NFHS-4, 26.7%(CG-29.6% Bastar-40.6%) women in rural areas had BMI below …

The present study makes an attempt to examine the nutritional status of the adult Bodo
women of the North Guwahati area of Kamrup (Rural) district, Assam in order to understand …

Nutritional status can assess optimum level of nutrition available to the community, which
has prognostic value for related morbidity and mortality prevailing in the community …

Sitting height ratio (SHR) affects the rates of nutritional status based on an adjusted body
mass index (BMIadj) in adults. Height, weight, and sitting height was measured among 268 …

Women are generally vulnerable to undernutrition especially during pregnancy and lactation
where the food and nutrient requirements are more during that period. The demographic …