Analysing Malnourishment

in Children
Presented
by

Village: Khariya
Patavatan

Chinmoy Hait
Shivang Goyal
Sourodip Ghosh

Background
One in three of the worlds malnourished
children lives in India.
Lack of food access not the only cause, other
factors, like access to health services, are at
play.
The present study is aimed at identifying and
analyzing the various cases of malnutrition
in the village of Khariya Patavatan.
The scope is limited to children, aged 0 6
years, residing in Khariya Patavatan.

Objectives
To classify children in accordance
with the level of malnutrition.
To assess the impact of Anganwadis
in checking the incidence of
malnutrition in children.
To acquire a caste-wise idea of
malnutrition in children.

Coverage and Sampling

Village populace resides either in main
Abadi land or Dhanis.
Only the former was covered owing to
accessibility issues with the latter.
Unavailability of children during the time
period of the survey posed a problem.
Stratified random sampling technique
was adopted with the intention of
maximising coverage.

Coverage and Sampling

Strata were formed on the basis of caste.
8 strata Brahmin (2), Dholi (5),
Kumawat (2), Meghwal (13), Nai (5), Naik
(18), Rajput (16) and Sunthar (2)
Households were selected based on
availability.
63 children (32 boys and 31 girls) were
sampled from the village Abadi area out
of a total of about 200.

Health Classification
MUAC
Classification*

Weight
Classification**

Final Verdict

Red

Red

Red (R)

Red

Yellow

Red (R)

Red

Green

Red (R)

Yellow

Red

Red (R)

Yellow

Yellow

Yellow (Y)

Yellow

Green

Yellow (Y)

Green

Red

Red (R)

Green

Yellow

Yellow (Y)

Green

Green

Green (G)

* MUAC Classification done on the basis of MUAC tape reading

** Weight Classification done as per ICDS Growth Chart

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Highlights
33 normal children, 14 cases of acute
malnourishment (AM), 16 cases of
severe acute malnourishment (SAM)
Gender-wise,
Male: 4 SAM and 5 AM out of a sampled 32
Female: 12 SAM and 9 AM out of a
sampled 31

Most cases of malnourishment occurs

in Naik caste (61%), followed by
Meghwal (54%) and Nai (40%).

Highlights
Household belonging to the main
abadi land feel that the Anganwadi is
too far to send their children to.
Malnourishment in girls increases
with their birth order.
The female child was more prone to
diarrhoea than the male child
There are more cases of
malnourishment in larger families.

Recommendations
Motivating people to enroll their
children in Anganwadi
Need generation for family
planning at local level through
employment of various media
Community-driven to sources of
entertainment
Better food supplement support to
pregnant and lactating women

Recommendations
Instructional videos for pregnant
and lactating women
These recommendations have been
explained in greater detail in the
document attached below.
Recommendation
s Based on Findings

Limitations
Absence of child populace and the
resultant low sample size
Unwillingness to divulge information
Accuracy of the information
provided
Communication gap stemming from
a language barrier

Survey Data Sheet

The information collected during the
course of the survey can be found in
the spreadsheet attached below.

Survey Data Sheet

Thank You!