Mothers’ Nutrition Knowledge and Child Nutritional Status in India

Child Nutrition in India

Malnutrition plagues a disproportionately large number of children in India compared with most other countries. National-level data on child malnutrition in India have, however, been scarce. Recognizing this gap, India’s 1992–93 National Family Health Survey (NFHS) collected anthropometric data on the height and weight of children below four years of age. The NFHS is based on a large, nationall...

An Epidemiological Model Investigating the Association between Mothers Nutritional Status and Low Birth Weight in India

Introduction: Low birth weight (LBW) is the dominating risk factor for infant morbidity and mortality. LBW infants were three times more likely than normal birth weight infants to have neuro developmental complications and congenital abnormalities. The World Health Organization (WHO) has defined the term Low Birth Weight (LBW) as birth weight less than 2500 grams. Objective: To develop epidemio...

Child Nutrition in India in the Nineties

India experienced several years of fast economic growth during the 1990s, and according to many observers this period also saw a considerable decline in poverty, especially in urban areas. We use data from two rounds of the National Family and Health Survey to evaluate changes in nutritional status between 1992-93 and 1998-1999 among children ages 0-3. We find that measures of short-term nutrit...

Effectiveness of Snack-centered Nutrition Education on Promoting Knowledge, Attitude, and Nutritional Behaviors in Elementary Students

Background: Unhealthy nutrition at early years of life causes some diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, cancers, diabetes, gastrointestinal disorders, and bone and joint diseases during adulthood. In other words, many of wrong health behaviors are rooted in childhood experiences. This study was conducted to examine effect of interventional programs on knowledge, attitude and nutritional be...

Child Nutritional Status, Feeding Practices and Women’s Autonomy in Rural Andhra Pradesh, India