This paper is published in Volume-7, Issue-2, 2021
Area
Home Science
Author
Khushboo Tirkey, Meenakshi Akhouri
Org/Univ
Ranchi University, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India
Pub. Date
14 April, 2021
Paper ID
V7I2-1356
Publisher
Keywords
Nutritional Status, Lactating Women, BMI, Education, Malnutrition

Citationsacebook

IEEE
Khushboo Tirkey, Meenakshi Akhouri. Nutritional status based on body mass index among lactating mothers ( 18-35 yrs ) of namkom block, International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology, www.IJARIIT.com.

APA
Khushboo Tirkey, Meenakshi Akhouri (2021). Nutritional status based on body mass index among lactating mothers ( 18-35 yrs ) of namkom block. International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology, 7(2) www.IJARIIT.com.

MLA
Khushboo Tirkey, Meenakshi Akhouri. "Nutritional status based on body mass index among lactating mothers ( 18-35 yrs ) of namkom block." International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology 7.2 (2021). www.IJARIIT.com.

Abstract

The nutritional link between the mother and the child continues even after birth. The newborn baby depends for some period solely on breast milk for his existence. The nutritional status of an individual is related to many factors and is influenced by food intake, quantity & quality, & physical health, range of nutritional status spread from obesity to severe malnutrition. A study was carried out to find out the education and nutritional status among lactating women. A total of 250 lactating mothers were taken for the study. the age group of mothers was between 18 – 35 years. The questionnaire was prepared for the data collection of the respondents, it included general profile the information about age, education, occupation, total income, and activity levels, and anthropometry assessment it included height, weight, and BMI( body mass index ). According to the study maximum respondents were studied up to class 8- 10 that is 30.80 %, very less were illiterate they were 8.40 %, 1.60 percent were studied class up to 5 whereas 17.20 percent were studied class 5-8,18.80 percent were studied till class 12 and 13.20 were studied up to graduation. The nutritional status of most respondents was in the normal range i.e. 58.8 percent followed by mild malnutrition 17.6 percent, preobese 12.8 percent, severe malnutrition 4.8 percent, moderate malnutrition 3.6 percent, overweight 1.2 percent, class 1 obesity 1.2 percent.