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Indian Journal of Research in Anthropology

Volume  5, Issue 2, July-Dec 2019, Pages 65-70
 

Original Article

Nutritional Assessment among Tribal Population of Gram Panchayat – Umariya Dadar, of District Bilaspur of Chhattisgarh

Prafull Kumar Sahu, Arun Kumar, Rajul Raikwar

1Research Scholar, 2Guest Faculty, Department of Anthropology, Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya, Wardha, Maharashtra 442001, India. 3Research Officer, National Commission for Backward Classes, Bhikaji Cama Place, New Delhi 110 066, India.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijra.2454.9118.5219.2

Abstract

The nutrition is essential to ensure healthy growth, strong immune system, neurological, cognitive development and proper organ formation and function among individual. The present study aims to assess the nutritional status among male tribal population of gram panchayat-Umariya Dadar, Bilaspur. To fulfill the objective of the present study subject were randomly selected individuals and measured for anthropometric characters and interviewed for the socio-demographic status. Worldwide nutritional assessment indicator body mass index used to assess the level of nutrition. The One Way ANOVAs test shows that the average value of somatometric measurements statistically different in-between age group. Among them, there are significant age and tribe differences found between nutritional statuses.


Keywords : Tribal group; Body length; Body circumference; Skin fold thickness and Body mass index.
Corresponding Author : Arun Kumar