NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN OF WEST BENGAL, INDIA

Registration ID: IJNRD_195243

Published ID: IJNRD2305400

DOI: Click Here to Get

DR MALABIKA BISWAS , DR TIRTHA MONDAL , DR SAMIRAN MONDAL

Children, Nutritional status, subjective health, BMI, Body Weight, and Standing Height.

INTRODUCTION: India has the largest child population in the world. Child health is determined by three basic factors: heredity, environment and physical activity. The nutritional status depends upon the various factors like balance diet, social environment, economical background and physical activity etc. METHODS: The study was delimited to West Bengal state 19 districts of West Bengal, India. From each district 10 (ten) schools were selected the random sampling method following District Primary Education Program (DPEP) list. From each school 20 (twenty) students (10 boys and 10 girls) from class III & IV (age 8-9yrs) were again selected randomly and total 3694 students were surveyed in this study. The nutritional status was measured by anthropometric measurements and questionnaires were developed for the collection of data. In anthropometric measurements: standing height, body weight, body mass index were measured ,subjective health status was measured through questionnaires and personal observation. RESULTS: Total boys 1833 and total girls 1821 were observed. In overall West Bengal body weight of the boys and girls group were 23.59+/-5.51 kg and 23.10 +/-5.07 kg respectively and both the weight were below the ICMR range. The overall mean BMI of West Bengal primary school boys was 14.10+/-1.89 Kg/m2 and in girls it was 14.04+/- 2.08 Kg/m2 both the scores were below the reference value(cole. et. al. 2007).. In subjective health status, it was found that In whole West Bengal 7.85 % primary students were facing eye problem, 14.18 % boys and 9.50 % girls were facing nose problem , 7.91 % primary school children were facing ear problem. Boys group 41.46 % and in the girl group 38.50 % having teeth and gum problem , 8.78 % primary student were having skin disease. 7.97% boys and 6.43 %.girls was reported fiver and 30.13 % primary children were warm infected. In whole West Bengal 9.03% primary student facing jaundice in time of data collection (2008-09).

Published Paper   E-Certificate

DR MALABIKA BISWAS, DR TIRTHA MONDAL, & DR SAMIRAN MONDAL (May-2023). NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN OF WEST BENGAL, INDIA. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NOVEL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, 8(5), d776-d799. https://ijnrd.org/papers/IJNRD2305400.pdf

Volume 8 Issue 5, May-2023

Pages : d776-d799

Paper Reg. ID: IJNRD_195243

Published Paper Id: IJNRD2305400

Downloads: 000121974

Research Area: Health Science 

Country: Paschim Midnapur, WEST BENGAL, India

Published Paper PDF: https://ijnrd.org/papers/IJNRD2305400.pdf

Published Paper URL: https://ijnrd.org/viewpaperforall?paper=IJNRD2305400

Journal Name: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NOVEL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT(IJNRD)

ISSN: 2456-4184 | IMPACT FACTOR: 8.76 Calculated By Google Scholar | ESTD YEAR: 2016

An International Scholarly Open Access Journal, Peer-Reviewed, Refereed Journal Impact Factor 8.76 Calculate by Google Scholar and Semantic Scholar | AI-Powered Research Tool, Multidisciplinary, Monthly, Multilanguage Journal Indexing in All Major Database & Metadata, Citation Generator

Publisher: IJNRD (IJ Publication) Janvi Wave | IJNRD.ORG | IJNRD.COM | IJPUB.ORG

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License and The Open Definition

Call For Paper - Volume 10 | Issue 10 | October 2025

IJNRD is a Scholarly Open Access, Peer-reviewed, and Refereed Journal with a High Impact Factor of 8.76 (calculated by Google Scholar & Semantic Scholar | AI-Powered Research Tool). It is a Multidisciplinary, Monthly, Low-Cost Journal that follows UGC CARE 2025 Peer-Reviewed Journal Policy norms, Scopus journal standards, and Transparent Peer Review practices to ensure quality and credibility. IJNRD provides indexing in all major databases & metadata repositories, a citation generator, and Digital Object Identifier (DOI) for every published article with full open-access visibility.

The INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NOVEL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (IJNRD) aims to advance applied, theoretical, and experimental research across diverse fields. Its goal is to promote global scientific information exchange among researchers, developers, engineers, academicians, and practitioners. IJNRD serves as a platform where educators and professionals can share research evidence, models of best practice, and innovative ideas, contributing to academic growth and industry relevance.

Indexing Coverage includes Google Scholar, SSRN, ResearcherID-Publons, Semantic Scholar (AI-Powered Research Tool), Microsoft Academic, Academia.edu, arXiv.org, ResearchGate, CiteSeerX, ResearcherID (Thomson Reuters), Mendeley, DocStoc, ISSUU, Scribd, and many more recognized academic repositories.

How to submit the paper?

By Our website

Click Here to Submit Paper Online

By Mail

Send your paper to editor@ijnrd.org

Important Dates for Current issue

Paper Submission Open For: October 2025

Current Issue: Volume 10 | Issue 10 | October 2025

Impact Factor: 8.76

Last Date for Paper Submission: Till 31-Oct-2025

Notification of Review Result: Within 1-2 Days after Submitting paper.

Publication of Paper: Within 01-02 Days after Submititng documents.

Frequency: Monthly (12 issue Annually).

Journal Type: IJNRD is an International Peer-reviewed, Refereed, and Open Access Journal with Transparent Peer Review as per the new UGC CARE 2025 guidelines, offering low-cost multidisciplinary publication with Crossref DOI and global indexing.

Subject Category: Research Area

Call for Paper: More Details