Current status of tribal population as reported 2011 census is 8.6% of
the nation total population, whereas the tribal population of Maharashtra is
8.6 million. Tribal population of Buldhana District is 115,000(Revenue division
TRTI,Pune)Buldana District falls under Amravati division. It was of profound
interest to assess nutritional status of the adolescent tribal. However in
journal data are scanty on the anthropometry and nutritional status of various
tribal populations of India. For Anthropometry body weight in kg, height in
centimeters was measured. Further data of height and weight was subjected to
calculations values express with means standard deviation and compared with
NCHS standard deriving difference results presented in tabularly and
graphically. Data was further subjected to BMI values expressed with means and
standard deviation. BMI categories were observed by classifying data of BMI and
values expressed with percentage. Data on anthropometry revealed that both male
and females adolescent were falling short of height as less weight compared to
the NCHS standard. Classification of subjects based BMI revealed that
irrespective of sex and age groups, a major percentage was falling in normal
weight category, followed by under weight category. It has been recently
suggested that there is urgent need to evaluate the nutritional status of various
tribes in India. (Bose and Chakraborti, 2005, Bose et al 2006). - See more at:
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