Journal
INDIAN PEDIATRICS
Volume 47, Issue 10, Pages 869-872Publisher
INDIAN ACAD PEDIATRICS
DOI: 10.1007/s13312-010-0147-6
Keywords
Growth; India; Preschool children; WHO
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- Eli Lilly India
- HCJMRI Jehangir Hospital, Pune
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This study was conducted to evaluate the nutritional status of 2-5 year old affluent, urban children using the new WHO 2006 standards. Across-sectional, multicentric preschool-based study was conducted on 1493 children (727 boys). Mean Z scores for height, weight, body mass index and weight for height (-0.75(1.1), -0.59(1.1), -0.19(1.22) and -0.26(1.18), respectively) were below the WHO standard median.
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