PREVALENCE OF MALNUTRITION
AMONG UNDER 5 CHILDREN IN
SOMANUR AND THE STUDY OF _ =
FACTORS INFLUENCING THE
NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF THESE
jutrition among under 5 BOTAN a ss
PROJECT DONE BY:
Pare hPaleINpaw
AP AVAUP UM SUA P OO. Gelubalie
I. THASLEEM SHIREEN
P. UVARAIACKNOWLEDGEMENT
We would like to extend our sincere thanks to Dr. Thomas Ma
Chacko HOD, Department of Community medicine for Past
us an oppurtunity to do this project.
We would like to thank Dr. Ravi Shankar, Asst. Professor,
Department of Community medicine for his kind help and ~
valuable advice.
We would also like to extend a special thanks to Dr.
Seetharaman, Dept. of Community medicine without whose “
guidance this would not have been possible.
Our thanks to Dr.Premkumar, Medicalofficer,Somanur.INTRODUCTION
* About 200 million children are =
malnourished in India and between 100 to
400 children in 1000 live births die before
the age of 5 yrs in tropical areas. Hence
MALNUTRITION 1s recognised as a
major preventable cause of morbidity and™
mortality in under 5 children.
* Poverty is the commonest cause of
malnutrition in developing
countries, leading to a viscious cycle of-
undemutrition-decreased work capacity-
low income-poverty.
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