Objectives: To click here determine the nutritional status of under-5 tribal children.Design: Community-based cross-sectional observational study.Setting: Three tribal villages of the Chanchal II block of the Maldah district in West Bengal.
Subjects and Methods: In 3 tribal villages, 188 children under 5 years of age were examined to detect nutritional deficiency disorders.By anthropometric measurement, nutritional grading of equi-jec 7 them was determined.Interviews of mothers provided breast-feeding and weaning practices.
Results: 63.83% of study subjects were suffering from different grades of malnutrition.Prevalence of anaemia and angular stomatitis was 45.
74% and 19.12%, respectively, among them.