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INTRODUCTION

• Malnutrition is a silent emergency.
• Prevalence Over 200 million children in
  developing countries.
• India Infant Mortality Rate 68 / 1000 live
  birth .
• Under Five Mortality Rate 105 /1000
  live birth.
• Of which 40 of death are due to
  malnutrition.
• Malnourished children grow up with lasting mental
  and physical disabilities.
• Despite many steps, a no. of goal remain out of
  reach for millions of children and their lives
  are threatened mainly due to great inequality
  between rich and poor.

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AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
(1) To assess the Nutritional status of children
under five year (1-5 years) in High and Low
socio-economic class. (2) To assess the
impact of economic condition on nutritional
status of children under five year (1-5
years). (3) To find out prevalence of
Malnutrition in children under five year (1-5
years) in Highand Low socio-economic
class. (4) To study the socio-demographic
profile of the study population
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MATERIAL METHODS

• AREA UNDER STUDY-
• Ahmedabad city is the largest city in Gujarat
  state and rank seventh in India.The population
  of Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) for
  2005 was nearly 50.00 lacs.
• SAMPLE SIZE -
• Total200 children under five years of age
  (1-5year)
• High class100 children
• Low class100 children
• STUDY PERIOD-
• The study was carried out from
  March 2005 to August 2005.
• SELECTION OF SAMPLE -
• The Study was carried out in
  Playgroup and Anganwadi . We have
  selected children between 1-5 years of age .

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• STUDY DESIGN-
• Cross-section Study.
• PLAN OF STUDY-
• A pre-tested proforma was used to collect the
  information regarding under five years children
  and their families.
• The basic socio-demographic information was
  collected by interviewing the parent of child
  preferably mother of the child. The nutritional
  assessment of child was done by anthropometric
  measurements.
• Socio-economic classification was done according
  to modified Prasads classification. Class I and
  II were considered as Highclass ,while class
  III, IV, V as Low class.
• DATA ANALYSIS -
• With the help of EPI 2002 software

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RESOURCES
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TIME -LINE CHART
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Distribution of Children according to their Age
and Gender
The distribution of children from 12-60 months of
age is comparable with each other in both high
low classes.
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Distribution of children according to Mean Wt,
Mean Ht and Mean MUAC
The mean wt, mean ht, mean MUAC of children is
high in higher class as compared to lower class
in all age group.
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Distribution of children according to Z-score for
Wt / Age
According to Z-Score, 9of children in high
class are malnourished as compared to 62 of
children in low class. Only 1 of children in
high class are obese, and none in low class
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Distribution of children according to Z-score for
Ht / Age
According to Z-Score for Ht/Age, 3 of children
in high class are undernourished while 49 of
children in low class are undernourished
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Distribution of children according to Z-score for
Wt / Ht
According to Z-Score for Wt/Ht, 15 of children
in high class are undernourished while 37 of
children in low class are undernourished. Only 2
of children in high class are obese
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Distribution of children according to Z-score for
MUAC/Age
According to Z-Score, Z-Score for MUAC/Age, 29
of children in high class are undernourished
while 50 of children in low class are
undernourished
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CONCLUSION
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RECOMMENDATION

• HEALTH PROMOTION
• Education and supplementation of pregnant and
  lactating woman.
• Promotion breast feeding.
• Low cost weaning food.
• Improve family diet.
• Family planning spacing
• SPECIFIC PROTECTION
• Immunization
• Food fortification
• EARLY DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT
• REHABILITATION

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