Thinness as Major Underlying Problem Among Adolescents of Northeast India

Mondal, N

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Thinness as Major Underlying Problem Among Adolescents of Northeast India

creativeworkseries.issn	ISSN 1990-7974 eISSN 1990-7982
dc.contributor.author	Mondal, N
dc.date.accessioned	2026-04-23T09:34:37Z
dc.date.available	2026-04-23T09:34:37Z
dc.date.issued	2014
dc.description	N Mondal Assistant Professor Department of Anthropology, Assam University: Diphu Campus, Diphu, Karbi Anglong 782462, Assam
dc.description.abstract	Abstract: Background: Undernutrition is a major public health concern in many of the developing countries of Asia. Due to immense population size, socioeconomic disparities, illiteracy and inadequate access to health facilities prevalence is very high in India. The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of age-sex specific thinness (low BMI-for-age) among adolescents residing in rural regions in India. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study has conducted among 1165 adolescent (602 boys; 563 girls) aged 10-18 years of Darjeeling district, West Bengal, India. Anthropometric measurements were height and weight obtained and BMI (weight/height2, kg/ m2) was calculated. The prevalence of thinness was assessed using newly proposed age-sex specific cut-offs of Cole et al. The data were analyzed using chi-square, ANOVA and Least Mean and Square (L,M and S) model approach. Results: Prevalence of overall thinness is 49.10% (51.16% boys, 46.89% girls) among rural adolescents. The boys are found to be more sufferer than girls in the different thinness grades include mild (grade I; 27.41% vs. 27.11%), moderate (grade II; 14.62% vs. 12.08%) and severe (grade III; 9.14% vs. 8.70%) (p>0.05). The age and sex specific smooth percentile curves of BMI were derived using L,M and S model approach for further evaluation of nutritional status. Conclusion: The existence of high prevalence of thinness among adolescents indicates nutritional deprivation among rural Indian adolescents. There is an urgent need of appropriate nutritional intervention program to address the public health problem related to undernutrition especially among nutritionally vulnerable segments of adolescents residing in rural regions to ameliorate the nutritional status
dc.identifier	https://doi.org/10.3126/jnps.v34i1.8922
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14572/5906
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Nepal Paediatric Society (JNPS)
dc.subject	Thinness
dc.subject	BMI
dc.subject	undernutrition
dc.subject	Adolescence
dc.subject	India
dc.subject	Anthropometry
dc.title	Thinness as Major Underlying Problem Among Adolescents of Northeast India
dc.type	Article
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