?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Nutritional+Status+of+School+Age+Children+(5-14+years)+in+a+Rural+Health+Block+of+North+India+(Kashmir)+Using+WHO+Z-Score+System&rft.creator=Fazili%2C+A&rft.creator=Mir%2C+AA&rft.creator=Pandit%2C+BM&rft.creator=Bhat%2C+IA&rft.creator=Rohul%2C+J&rft.creator=Shamila%2C+H&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=Objective%3A+To+assess+the+nutritional+status+of+school+going+children+in+Rural+Block+Hajin.+Methods%3A+School+children+from+various+primary+and+middle+level+educational+facilities+from+a+rural+health+block+were+surveyed+during+the+School+Health+Program.+Height+and+weight+was+measured+following+standard+procedures.+MS+Excel+and+Interactive+statistics+page+were+used+for+analysis+of+data.+Results%3A+Both+mean+weight+and+height+were+higher+in+females+than+males.+The+overall+prevalence+of+under+nutrition+was+19.2%25.+The+prevalence+of+underweight+was+lowest+in+5+year+female+(0.0%25)+and+highest+in+6+year+male+(21.5%25).+For+Stunting+7+year+males+recorded+the+lowest+(0.0%25)+and+12+year+males+the+highest+(28.5%25)+prevalence.+The+highest+and+lowest+prevalence+of+wasting+was+recorded+in+6+year+old+females+(2.56%25)+and+9+year+old+males+(24.6%25)+respectively.+Prevalence+of+thinness+was+lowest+in+13+year+old+females+(14.2%25)+and+highest+in+13+year+old+males+(47.1%25).Conclusion%3A+The+nutritional+status+of+school+age+children+in+this+health+block+are+comparatively+better+even+though+a+large+number+of+children+still+fall+below+the+cutoff+for+various+nutritional+indicators.&rft.publisher=BS+Kakkilaya&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr+Srinivas&rft.date=2012-07-25&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8890%2F1%2F2012-2-2.pdf&rft.identifier=++Fazili%2C+A+and+Mir%2C+AA+and+Pandit%2C+BM+and+Bhat%2C+IA+and+Rohul%2C+J+and+Shamila%2C+H++(2012)+Nutritional+Status+of+School+Age+Children+(5-14+years)+in+a+Rural+Health+Block+of+North+India+(Kashmir)+Using+WHO+Z-Score+System.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8890%2F