A Study to Assess the Nutritional Status of Housewives of the Below Poverty Line Families  Living in a Slum in the Kidderpore Area of Kolkata, India

A Study to Assess the Nutritional Status of Housewives of the Below Poverty Line Families Living in a Slum in the Kidderpore Area of Kolkata, India

Dr. Sampa Mitra

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A Study to Assess the Nutritional Status of Housewives of the Below Poverty Line Families Living in a Slum in the Kidderpore Area of Kolkata, India

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Housewives in the below poverty line (BPL) families are at a high risk of suffering from malnutrition, because of poverty, and the fact that they often give priority to the nutritional needs of other family members, neglecting their own. This study has attempted to assess the nutritional status of housewives of the BPL families living in a slum in the Kidderpore area of Kolkata (India), by employing binomial tests at 5% level of significance, and using three indicators viz., body mass index or BMI, presence of angular stomatitis, and presence of pallor, and one

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Dr. Sampa Mitra. 2020. \u201cA Study to Assess the Nutritional Status of Housewives of the Below Poverty Line Families Living in a Slum in the Kidderpore Area of Kolkata, India\u201d. Global Journal of Medical Research - L: Nutrition GJMR-L Volume 20 (GJMR Volume 20 Issue L2).

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Crossref Journal DOI 10.17406/gjmra

Print ISSN 0975-5888

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Submission ReceivedDecember 11, 2019
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Accepted January 4, 2020
Published January 15, 2020

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