• M.CHELLATHAI
• Dr. J.Nirmala

Malnutrition is a “man made disease ‘which often ‘starts in the womb and ends in the tomb”. Malnutrition and the associated retarding influences cause a lot of morbidity, growth faltering, developmental retardation and significant mortality. These is a wide range of medical and paramedical professional interested in the subject of nutrition and child development the examples of the former are general pediatricians, developmental pediatricians, neurologists, endocrinologists, psychiatrists and physicians; and of the latter are nutritionists, dietitians, home science experts, clinical psychologists and special psychologists and special educators .It is important to link them for prevention and management of nutritional disorders. There is a need for a comprehensive paper that addresses the issue of nutrition and child development for use those who are interested in nutrition and child development including medical and paramedical students and practitioners. As growth and development go hand in hand, these two aspects are combined in this paper in relation nutrition. • To identify the health problem of children in Meelaneelithanallur block due to malnutrition • To suggest a few recommendations to improve the health status of the children in Meelaneeelithanallur block. Using both secondary and primary data from a sample 400 children in health sector – Nurses, Anganwadi teachers, women in primary health centre, midwife.

child development, nutrition, malnutrition, health problems.

"AN ECONOMIC STUDY OF CHILD CARE FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE IN MEELANEELITHA NALLUR BLOCK.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.588-594, January-2020, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1908693.pdf

"AN ECONOMIC STUDY OF CHILD CARE FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE IN MEELANEELITHA NALLUR BLOCK.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp588-594, January-2020, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1908693.pdf