NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT BASED ON MID UPPER ARM CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE HILL KORWAS UNDER FIVE YEAR CHILDREN IN SARGUJA DISTRICT, CHHATTISGARH, INDIA

Author(s): Irshad Khan and Nagma Parvin

Abstract: Mid Upper Arm Circumference is used as an indicator for assessing acute undernutrition among children below five years of age. WHO child growth standards (2007) have given age related Z-Score for both boys and girls for MUAC for identification of undernutrition among children below five years. The objective of nutritional status based on mid upper arm circumference (MUAC) among under five-year Hill Korwa children. Therefore, a study was carried out from December-2015 to 2016 in three Lundra, Batauli and Sitapur blocks of Sarguja district Chhattisgarh. A total of 1000 children for MUAC have been made on 580 boys and 420 girls’ children below 6 years of age living in Sarguja district of Chhattisgarh in this cross-linked study. MUAC was measured using fibreglass tape sensitive to the nearest mm using standard technique. MUAC z-scores (MUAC-Z) were computed using WHO child growth standards and nutritional status was assessed. It was observed that 45.20% of the children (agecombined) were malnourished. The WHO (2007) recommended age and sex independent cut-off points for MUAC (mm) under estimated the prevalence of undernutrition was 47.6% among children in the study. This clearly indicated that MUAC-for-age using WHO Child Growth Standards would help in identifying the burden of acute undernutrition among Hill Korwa children.

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