Assessment of nutritional status and prevalence of anaemia among select adolescent girls of District Yamunanagar Haryana

Abstract

The aim of the present study is to estimate the nutritional status and prevalence of anaemia among scheduled caste adolescent girls of District Yamunanagar, aged 9 to 17 years. Health and nutrition of the present generation of girls will affect the health and survival of the future generations. Therefore, it is imperative to study and improve the nutritional status of adolescent girls as they are the future mothers and no edifice can be built on a foundation which is so weak (Sachan et al., 2012). newline