Pantnagar Journal of Research

Abstract

Malnutrition is a growing problem in developing countries like India. Therefore it is important to examine the nutritional status of children and scale-up measures to tackle the growing cases of malnutrition. In the present study children of Uttarakhand state were examined for their nutritional status. Children of age (0 to 6 years) were selected randomly from three locations of Uttarakhand. A structured questionnaire was framed to collect baseline information. The study revealed that children residing in the Tarai region were the most undernourished of the three regions studied. The results showed that 53.73 per cent of children were underweight however 43.28 per cent of children under five years of age were found to be wasted.