Nutritional status of school-age children - A scenario of urban slums in India

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Authors

Anurag Srivastava · Institute of Medical Sciences

Syed Esam Mahmood · M.J.P. Rohilkhand University

Payal M Srivastava · Institute of Medical Sciences

Ved Prakash Shrotriya · Institute of Medical Sciences

Bhushan Kumar · Institute of Medical Sciences

Abstract

Most of the school-age slum children in our study had a poor nutritional status. Interventions such as skills-based nutrition education, fortification of food items, effective infection control, training of public healthcare workers and delivery of integrated programs are recommended.

Topics & Keywords

Child Nutrition and Water Access Income, Poverty, and Inequality Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Zero hunger

Publication Details

Published in: Archives of Public Health

Volume 70, Issue 1, pp. 8-8

DOI: 10.1186/0778-7367-70-8

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