?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Nutritional+Status+and+Morbidity+among+School+going+Adolescents+in+Wardha%2C+a+Peri-Urban+area&rft.creator=Dambhare%2C+DG&rft.creator=Bharambe%2C+MS&rft.creator=Mehendale%2C+AM&rft.creator=Garg%2C+BS&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=Objectives%3A+To+assess+the+nutritional+status+and+morbidity+among+the+school+going+adolescents+in+peri+urban+area+Wardha.+Materials+and+Methods%3A+The+present+study+was+conducted+in+the+year+2008.+116+children+in+the+age+group+of+10+to+19+years+studying+in+high+school+of+peri+urban+area+Wardha+were+examined.+Nutritional+status+of+the+adolescents+was+assessed+through+weight+for+age+(wasting)+and+height+for+age+(stunting)+according+to+WHO+criteria.+Data+was+entered+and+analyzed+by+using+Epi+Info+6.04+software+package.+Chi-+square+value+was+used+for+testing+statistical+significance.+Results%3A+Mean+age+of+the+adolescents+was+13.16%2B+1.99.+48.3%25+of+the+adolescents+were+found+to+be+normal+and+51.7%25+were+underweight.+Early+adolescents+were+at+highest+risk+of+underweight+significantly+more+73.3%25+(+p+%3C+0.05+)++as+compared+to+late+adolescents+26.7%25.+Overall+34.5%25+of+the+adolescents+were+stunted+with+boys+suffering+more+72.5%25+as+compared+to+girls+27.5%25.+28.45%25+of+the+school+going+adolescents+had+anaemia+with+girls+suffering+significantly+more+38.89%25+(p+%3C+0.05)+as+compared+to+boys+23.75%25.+35.34%25+adolescents+had+dental+caries.+13.79%25+adolescents+were+found+to+be+suffering+from+refractive+error.+7.76%25+adolescents+had+worm+infestation.+6.9%25+adolescents+had+skin+problems.+2.59%25+adolescents+had+tonsillitis+and+2.59%25+had+wax+in+the+ear.+Conclusion%3A+The+study+shows+the+poor+health+and+nutritional+status+among+the+adolescents.+A+periodical+and+regular+health+check-up+with+concerted+efforts+towards+their+nutrition+along+with+focused+health+education+will+improve+the+health+and+nutritional+status+of+these+school+going+adolescents+in+peri+urban+area+Wardha.&rft.publisher=Dr.+B.S.+Kakkilaya&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr+Srinivas&rft.date=2010-07-30&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7002%2F1%2F2010-2-3.pdf&rft.identifier=++Dambhare%2C+DG+and+Bharambe%2C+MS+and+Mehendale%2C+AM+and+Garg%2C+BS++(2010)+Nutritional+Status+and+Morbidity+among+School+going+Adolescents+in+Wardha%2C+a+Peri-Urban+area.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F7002%2F<script src='//archive-bar.soton.ac.uk/archive-bar.js'></script>