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P. M. Shah ¹

Affiliations
1 Institute of Child Health, Grant Medical College and J. J. Group of Government Hospitals, Bombay, IN

Abstract

In development of malnutrition the role of socio-cultural and economic factors is greater than mere nutritional and medical factors. Eventhough poverty remains very much in the background in causing malnutrition, it is not the limiting factor. It is observed that in the same ethnic and economic groups there are young children who have normal nutrition. This observation opens the door for optimism and indicates the role of medical professionals, social workers and community in preventing and combating malnutrition.

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P. M. Shah ¹

Affiliations
1 Institute of Child Health, J. J. Group of Government Hospitals, Bombay, IN

Abstract

During the initial period of the WHO aided project in the rural community, Palghar where all 1853 children under five years of age in 20 villages were being followed-up monthly through the integrated health-nutrition services delivered by local community health workers, one for about 2500 population and the staff of state health infrastructure, it was observed that after one year, 50.6 per cent of the children who were weighing 80 per cent and above of the reference weight', and were labelled as normal one year before, became malnourished.

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P. M. Shah ¹, R. D. Khare ¹, A. V. Rane ¹, V. Y. Bhalerao ¹

Affiliations
1 The Institute of Child Health, J. J. Group of Hospitals and Grant Medical College, Bombay-400 008, IN

Abstract

Because malnutrition is widespread in many developing countries, in some, large-scale national nutrition programmes have been undertaken to reduce its incidence among young children, pregnant women and nursing mothers. But the most severely malnourished children are often not being reached by these to identify them, medical and paramedical manpower is limited and because inadequate communications and remoteness make many villages relatively inaccessible.

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