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. 2016 Feb 1;10(2):LC07–LC10. doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2016/16755.7193

[Table/Fig-5]:

Studies on prevalence of malnutrition among under-five children in India

Sr.
No
Name of study Study population and
place
Underweight
Prevalence
Prevalence of
severe
Underweight
1 Current study 750 under 5 children of from rural and urban Ambala 41.3% 14%
2 GS Boregowda et al., (2015) [11] 602 toddlers from slums of Raipur 45.2 11.8
3 Stanly AM (2015) [12] 385 under 5 children of rural area 42.9% 5%
4 Philip, et al., (2015) [13] 438 tribal preschool children in 10 clusters of Wayanad district of Kerala 39% 8.2%
5 Srinivas Chakravarthy Bhimisetti et al., (2015) [14] 236 under 5 children of tribal areas of Visakhapatnam 60.2% 12.7%
6 Agrawal D et al.,(2015) [15] 458 under 5 children residing in Agra city 42.8%
7 Mane, et al., (2015) [16] 210 preschool children aged 1-3 years of Bhadravatitaluk of Shivamogga district 29.5% 8.6%
8 Davey S et al., (2014) [17] 450 children between the age group 0-5 years of Delhi slums 57.8%.
9 Dasgupta A et al., (2014) [18] 113 under-five children of Nasibpur Union Health Centre 17.7%