• DR UMESH INDURKAR

Abstract : India has largest child population in the world. About 157.86 million children, constituting 15.42 percent of India’s population are below the age of 5 years. More than 60 percent of children are malnourished living in South Asia. In this study, socio economic children in seven Anganwadi correlated with health and nutritional status is focused in the view of gender sensitization. The sample frame consists of 255 children. A self-structured interview schedule was used to collect the data. Interview method was chosen for collecting data from the Anganwadi Teacher. The general objective of the study has to prepare nutritional profile of children in the age group of (0-5 years) in villages of Nawargaon. Out of 255 children 55.29 percent boys than girls population constituted 44.70 percent. Almost all the Children were in the stage of underweight and risk of malnutrition, especially female children had severe malnutrition. It is also seen that the nutrition including iron, calcium and minerals by the selected children were below the RDA. Although government provides nutritional packed food for children below five years in rural areas but the nutritional status is yet not to be improved as one out of ten children are malnutrition. This condition needs to be changed by the better implementation of maternal awareness, education and child health programmes. Index Term: 0-5 year’s children’s, Anganwadi, Nutritional status.

0-5 year’s children’s, Anganwadi, Nutritional status.

"Gender Sensitization In Nutritional Profile Of Children (0-5 Years) In Nawargaon Dist- Chandrapur", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.174-177, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906R65.pdf

"Gender Sensitization In Nutritional Profile Of Children (0-5 Years) In Nawargaon Dist- Chandrapur", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp174-177, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906R65.pdf