Preethi Subramanian|Sandhya Dasari|Srinath Devulapalli|Sudharshan Raj Chitgupiker
Correlation of Nutrition with Parental Literacy Status among School Going Adolescent Children in Telangana: A Cross-sectional Study
introduction national family health survey4 reports 448 boys 419 girls aged 1519 underweight globally lacuna data early adolescent children 1014 years aim estimate prevalence malnutrition among school going adolescent children medchal telangana also assess correlation nutritional status adolescent children parents literacy level socioeconomic class materials methods crosssectional study carried 1000 adolescent children aged 1016 years pilot study conducted 110 students test questionnaire comprising basic data sociodemographic characteristics starting study weight height measured body mass index bmi calculated based bmi children classified undernutrition normal overweight obese parental literacy ascertained parents divided five categories socioeconomic class according bg prasad classification primary endpoint measured prevalence malnutrition among adolescent children secondary endpoint measured correlation mothers fathers literacy status nutritional status ascertained using spearmans rank correlation test data analysed using statistical package social sciences spss version 210 results prevalence undernutrition overnutrition overweight obesity 485 46 respectively statistically significant p0046 difference boys girls respect prevalence undernutrition overnutrition majority undernourished boys 491 girls 468 1314 years old spearmans rank coefficient rho showed strong positive correlation nutrition socioeconomic class 0706 moderate weak correlation seen mothers education 0425 fathers educational status 0333 respectively conclusion undernutrition remains common problem among early adolescents socioeconomic class literacy level parents play significant role nutrition adolescents school level adolescent children teachers need empowered understand better necessity impact maintaining normal nutritional status future health