Table 1.

Characteristics of the school children surveyed in the rural areas of the Raichur district.

Characteristics	Number (%)
Age (n = 2,700)
6 years	373 (13.8%)
7 years	381 (14.1%)
8 years	398 (14.7%)
9 years	392 (14.5%)
10 years	386 (14.3%)
11 years	379 (14.0%)
12 years	391 (14.5%)
Gender (n = 2,700)
Male	1,349 (49.9)
Female	1,351 (50.1)
Height (cm) (Mean +SD)	124.9 + 11.6
Weight (kg) (Mean +SD)	22.2 + 5.8
Cluster/Taluka (n = 2,700)
Manvi	630 (23.3%)
Devadurga	450 (16.7%)
Lingasur	630 (23.3%)
Raichur	540 (20.0%)
Sindhanur	450 (16.7%)
Weight for Age (Underweight) (n = 1,540)
Normal	843 (54.7%)
Moderate underweight	423 (27.5%)
Severe underweight	274 (17.8%)
Height for Age (Stunting) (n = 2,688)
Normal	1,958 (72.8%)
Moderate stunting	525 (19.5%)
Severe stunting	205 (7.6%)
BMI for Age (Thinness) (n = 2,602)
Severe Thinness	556 (21.4%)
Thinness	563 (21.6%)
Normal BMI	1,371 (52.7%)
Overweight	65 (2.5%)
Obese	26 (1%)
Severely Obese	21 (0.8%)