• Dr.S.Malathi

The present study was undertaken to assess the nutritional status by physical examination of children aged between 3-5 years in urban and rural areas, regarding malnutrition, its prevention and management. The study aim is to describe the socio demographic variables of urban and rural area children, To assess nutritional status of urban and rural area children, To compare the nutritional status of urban and rural area children, To associate the nutritional status of urban and rural area children with their selected socio-demographic variables and To develop an information booklet on malnutrition, its prevention and management. The data was analyzed by using the descriptive and inferential statistics. Descriptive statistics includes frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation were used to assess the nutritional status of children regarding prevention and management of malnutrition. Inferential statistics includes Paired ‘t’ test; was used to compare the nutritional status of 3-5 years aged children in selected urban and rural areas There is no significant association between the head to foot examination of 3-5 year urban children with socio demographic variables like age of the child, gender of the child, birth order of the child, educational status of mother, occupation of mother, occupation of father, income of the family per month and source of information regarding nutrition and there is significant(p<0.05) association between the head to foot examination of 3-5 year children with socio demographic variables like with their religion. There is no significant association between the head to foot examination of 3-5 year rural children with socio demographic variables like age of the child, gender of the child, birth order of the child, religion, educational status of mother, occupation of mother, occupation of father, and there is significant (p<0.05)association between the head to foot examination of 3-5 year children with socio demographic variables like with their income of the family per month and source of information regarding nutrition as the calculated ‘t’ value is above the table value.

"A COMPARATIVE STUDY TO ASSESS THE NUTRITIONAL STATUS BY PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF CHILDREN AGED BETWEEN 3-5 YEARS IN URBAN AND RURAL AREAS, SALEM AND TO DEVELOP AN INFORMATION BOOKLET ON MALNUTRITION, ITS PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 9, page no.321-324, September-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1809552.pdf

"A COMPARATIVE STUDY TO ASSESS THE NUTRITIONAL STATUS BY PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF CHILDREN AGED BETWEEN 3-5 YEARS IN URBAN AND RURAL AREAS, SALEM AND TO DEVELOP AN INFORMATION BOOKLET ON MALNUTRITION, ITS PREVENTION AND MANAGEMENT", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 9, page no. pp321-324, September-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1809552.pdf