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Nutritional Status Among Urban School Children and Adolescents from North India: A Comparative Study between Government and Private Schools in Asian Indians

18 Pages Posted: 4 Jun 2020

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Surya Bhatt

All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) - Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine

Randeep Guleria

All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) - Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine

S.K. Kabra

Pediatric Pulmonology Division, Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences

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Abstract

Background: Under nutrition is a major health problem among children and adolescents in India than any other large country. The study was conducted to find out the nutritional status of underweight, overweight and obesity in different schools in Asian Indians from North India.

Methods: This school-based cross-sectional study conducted in 41 schools from class 1th to 12th(4-18 years). Total 18,806 children and adolescents [11,390 (60.57%) boys and 7,416 (39.43%)] were recruited. The anthropometric measurements of body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and hip circumference (HC) were recorded. Waist-hip ratio (WHR) and waist height ratio (WHtR) have been calculated.

Results: The overall prevalence of underweight, overweight and obesity was 62.75%, 7.49% and 2.81% respectively. Prevalence of underweight was significantly increased in government school (71.35%), and overweight (8.85%) and obesity (3.13%) was increased in private school (p<0.05). Mean values of BMI (p=0.0001), WC (p=0.00001), HC (p=0.0001), WHR (p=0.0001) and WhtR (p=0.0001) was significantly higher in children and adolescents from private schools. Further, mean values of age (p<0.0001), BMI (p<0.0001), WC (p<0.0001), HC (p<0.0001), WHR (p<0.0001) and WHtR (p<0.0001) was significantly increased in obese students as compared to others. In both genders, BMI had significant correlation with anthropometric measurements (p<0.0001). In addition, boys and girls were underweight in those aged 4-10 years.

Conclusion: We concluded that under nutrition was significantly higher in government schools and, overweight and obesity was more prevalent in private schools in Asian Indian children and adolescents from North India.

Funding Statement: This study was fully supported by a grant from the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India.

Declaration of Interests: The authors declare no conflict of interest.

Ethics Approval Statement: The study was approved by the institutional ethics committee from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi India.

Keywords: children and adolescents, obesity, nutrition

Suggested Citation

Bhatt, Surya and Guleria, Randeep and Kabra, S.K., Nutritional Status Among Urban School Children and Adolescents from North India: A Comparative Study between Government and Private Schools in Asian Indians (3/26/2020). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3564415 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3564415

Surya Bhatt (Contact Author)

All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) - Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine ( email )

Ansari Nagar
India

Randeep Guleria

All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) - Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine

Ansari Nagar
India

S.K. Kabra

Pediatric Pulmonology Division, Department of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences

Aurobindo Marg
Ansari Nagar East
New Delhi, New Delhi 110029
India

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