5-1-2-Sarkar et al

NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN OF THE SELECTED MONGA AREAS IN BANGLADESH

D. C. Sarkar*, K. O.  Huq and M. A. Latif
*Corresponding author Email: dhaneswar_05@yahoo.com

Abstract
The study was conducted among 372 households to assess the nutritional status, life style and food intake patterns of women and children in selected Monga areas in Bangladesh among May to August, 2010. Economic hardship was extensive in the Monga areas, literacy rate was very poor in both male and female. About 55.4% of the respondent’s husbands were day labor/ farm labor among which only 9.7% was skilled labor. Nutritional status was also low. Majority of the respondents were suffering from varying degrees of choric energy deficiency (CED) of which 9.1%, 14.2% and 54.6% were in CED3, CED2 and CED1 respectively. According to Mid Uppon Arm Circumference (MUAC), 39.7% was found severe malnourished. The average energy intake was 1520 Kcal person-1day‑1 with SD value ±137 Kcal which fulfill only 72 % of Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA). The results revealed that most of the respondents were seriously suffering from minimum income, lack of employment opportunities, illness and different degrees of malnutrition in Monga areas.


Keywords: Malnutrition, Nutritional status, Monga area and Economic hardship

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