To assess the prevalence of thinness among 2-5 years preschool children, a cross-sectional study ... more To assess the prevalence of thinness among 2-5 years preschool children, a cross-sectional study was conducted among 284 preschool children (Boys-144; Girls-140) of Kolam tribe. Kolam, a primitive tribal group predominantly lives in Utnoor, Narnoor and Jainoor mandal (s) of Adilabad district, Telangana, India. Anthropometric measurements like height and weight were used to compute body mass index following standard techniques. The new international classification cutoff points provided for boys and girls aged 2 years to 5 years were used to identify the prevalence of under nutrition. It was observed that the participants of both the sexes showed a marked difference in body weight. The overall prevalence of thinness was 72.91% for Kolam boys and 72.14% for Kolam girls indicating that children of both the sexes were undernourished.
Background: The tribal religion happens to be the most primitive form of religion. Understand the... more Background: The tribal religion happens to be the most primitive form of religion. Understand the important features and the nature of religion among the Konda Reddi tribe in West Godavari district. Aim: The basic aim of the study is to understand the important features and the nature of religion among Konda Reddi tribe. Methodology: The study is both qualitative and quantitative in nature. Conventional Anthropological methods like observation (participant and non-participant) Schedule, Interview and Case study were employed to collect the empirical data. Discussion: The religious aspects are sophisticated and the people are worshiping modern Gods like Sri Rama & Lord Shiva. The old traditions of worshipping are also outdated thus we cannot be able to study this culture after some years. Conclusion: The study tries to examine the change among Konda Reddi in recent times due to the religious systems and emergence of leadership among them.
Fertility and mortality levels were reported in Bagatha (150), Konda Dora (150), Konda Reddi (150... more Fertility and mortality levels were reported in Bagatha (150), Konda Dora (150), Konda Reddi (150) and Koya Dora (170) tribes inhabiting Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh. Relatively higher fertility is reported among Konda Dora women (3.4, 3.2 and 2.8) when compared to Bagatha (2.9 2.6 and 2.2) conceptions, live births and living children per woman while the remaining tribes have reported moderate fertility. A high frequency of abortions (2.3%) and still births (7%) were reported among Bagatha and Konda Reddi whereas it is found to be less among Koya Dora (0.4%) and (2.3%). However, high postnatal mortality is recorded among Koya Dora (32.4%) while the other three tribes reported moderate postnatal deaths. The factors like women's weak social status in the society, low level of literacy, early age at marriage, early childbearing age influence the demographic processes of a population such as fertility and mortality.
2657 Khond subjects drawn randomly from 18 villages of Chintapalli, G. Madugula and Pedabayalu ma... more 2657 Khond subjects drawn randomly from 18 villages of Chintapalli, G. Madugula and Pedabayalu mandals of Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh (during April -October 2004) were examined for the frequency of respiratory, air born, infective and waterborne diseases, injuries and accidents and poisoning due to animal bites. The frequency of scabies, malaria, cholera, diarrhea and vomiting is observed to be higher when compared to other diseases. Majority of the subjects were observed to show preference towards the use of indigenous method of treatment when compared to modern method of treatment. The data collected on the epidemiological status among Khonds will help to suggest suitable programmes and strategies for improvement of the health status of this vulnerable group.
International Research Journal of Science and Technology, 2019
The objective of the study is to understand the selection intensities among Kolam, a particularly... more The objective of the study is to understand the selection intensities among Kolam, a particularly vulnerable tribal group (PVTG) of Adilabad district of Telangana State, India. Two prominent methods were employed to understand the intensities by using Crow’s index and modified formula as given by Johnston and Kensinger’s method. The intensities are computed on the basis of the reproductive history of mother with completed fertility and the results were compared with the available works on populations belonging to Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and India. The Crow’s total index (II) value was found to be 0.3863. The mortality (Im) component was found to be 0.2151 while fertility (If) component was found to be 0.1712. The contribution of mortality component is greater than that of fertility component among the present studied population using Crow’s index. According to Johnston and Kensinger, the total index (II) was found to be 0.6017. Fertility component was found to be 0.2368, prenatal ...
Malnutrition has become one of the serious problems among children and adolescents internationall... more Malnutrition has become one of the serious problems among children and adolescents internationally, especially in developing countries. India, a developing country covers 40% of undernourished children of the world. In India, tribal population is among the most deprived and undernourished people. The present study shows the prevalence of undernutrition among Kolam tribal children and adolescents by comparing different Body Mass Index (BMI) cut off points. Age and sex specific nutritional status of studied population shows 15.01% boys and 18.35% girls are in Chronic Energy Deficiency (CED) III category, 16.22% boys and 19.32% girls are in CEDII, 31.71% boys and 2.72% girls are in CEDI only 0.96% boys and 1.69% girls are in overweight category respectively. Undernutrition is not limited to young children, even adults are also severely underweight in developing countries. Health and nutrition of today’s adolescent girls may have great impact on the quality of next generation. Proper nu...
Provoking fresh thinking is certainly becoming the prime purpose of International Journal of Mult... more Provoking fresh thinking is certainly becoming the prime purpose of International Journal of Multidisciplinary Educational Research (IJMER). The new world era we have entered with enormous contradictions is demanding a unique understanding to face challenges. IJMER's contents are overwhelmingly contributor, distinctive and are creating the right balance for its readers with its varied knowledge. We are happy to inform you that IJMER got the high Impact Factor 2.735, Index Copernicus Value 5.16 and IJMER is listed and indexed in 31 popular indexed organizations in the world. This academic achievement of IJMER is only author's contribution in the past issues. This is 29 th issue of IJMER; I hope this journey of IJMER more benefit to future academic world. The current issue deals with Spirituality, Measures of child mortality, Realstic theory, Social Emperoment, Domestic Violence, Physical Education and etc. These applied topics are a fund of knowledge for their utilization. In the present issue, we have taken up details of multidisciplinary issues discussed in academic circles. There are 25 well written articles covering a wide range of issues that are thought provoking as well as significant in the contemporary research world. My thanks to the Members of the Editorial Board, to the readers, and in particular I sincerely recognize the efforts of the subscribers of articles. The journal thus receives its recognition from the rich contribution of assorted research papers presented by the experienced scholars and the implied commitment is generating the vision envisaged and that is spreading knowledge. I am happy to note that the readers are benefited. My personal thanks to one and all.
International Journal of Scientific Research, 2012
An attempt has been made to study the anthropometric measurements of four tribal groups that incl... more An attempt has been made to study the anthropometric measurements of four tribal groups that include an- thropometrically measurable attributes and indices of the human body. A cross-sectional study of 1213 persons consisting of 607 males and 606 females belonging to the tribes namely Bagatha, Konda Dora, Konda Reddi, and Koya Dora situated in Vizianagaram district, Visakhapatnam, East Godavari and West Godavari districts respectively. The measurements such as stature, relative weight, muscularity, frame size, various weight/height indices, waist circumference have been used to quantify the physical activity and patterns of change among males and females individually as well as population groups. The tribes in principle vary in the mean values of all the somatometric measures of body weight, height vertex, biacrominal breath, bicristal breadth, waist circum- ference and hip circumference. The mean values of weight among men from tribes of Eastern Ghats shows that the Koya Dora men of current survey are the heaviest (52 kg), tallest (160.29cm), with broader shoulders (36.97 cm), and maximum hip circumference (85.54 cm). Various breadths of the body indicate thin physical frame of the tribes.
IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 2014
An attempt is made to find out theparental consanguinity on inbreeding of Khond, a particularly v... more An attempt is made to find out theparental consanguinity on inbreeding of Khond, a particularly vulnerable tribal group belonging to Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh. In a cross-sectional study of the tribe, socio-economic characteristics along with demographic data were collected using structured schedule. Further the sample was selected through random sampling method and it was reported that out of 247 numbers of married women, 167 womenpreferred consanguineous marriages and remaining 80 women preferred non-consanguineous marriages. The mean sex-linked s value (0.0728) is slightly higher than the mean autosomal a value (0.0439). All fertility components are higher for consanguineous couples compared to the non-couples. The proportion of prenatal deaths was reported to be more among consanguineous unions while postnatal deaths were reported to be more among non-consanguineous unions.
The index of opportunity of selection among Khonds is computed on the basis of reproductive histo... more The index of opportunity of selection among Khonds is computed on the basis of reproductive history of mothers with completed fertility career and the results were compared with the available data on other tribal populations of Andhra Pradesh. The index of selection intensity (I) among Khonds is observed to be similar to the condition in Sugalis of Andhra Pradesh. Selection Intensity among Khonds is found to be lower when compared with Raj Gond, Pardhan, Hill Kolam, Manne Kolam, Chenchu and Yanadi tribes of Andhra Pradesh. This could be attributed to the availability of health care facility, better nutrition and socioeconomic conditions and biogenetic factors considering the size of the population. The state of demographic dynamics reveals that the Khond is passing through better demographic transition View publication stats View publication stats
A cross-sectional study investigated age and sex variations in chronic energy deficiency (CED) am... more A cross-sectional study investigated age and sex variations in chronic energy deficiency (CED) among 114 individuals (2-80 years) of Gond population of Binouri village, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The sample was selected randomly to study CED grades using anthropometric indicators. Nutritional status was evaluated in four groups of different age categories- pre-schoolers: 2-5 years (n=17), children: 6-12 years (n=38), adolescents: 13-18 years (n=12) and adults: >18years (n=47) using the age-sex specific cut-off points of body mass index (BMI). Statistical analysis was performed using MS Excel and SPSS software. The considered socio-demographic variables such as age at marriage, educational and occupational status showed significant difference with respect to sex. Majority of the adult population belongs to the lower socio-economic class with few middle classes among the studied population. No significant age sex specific difference is observed for mean values of anthropometric variables such as height, weight and BMI. The overall frequency of CED among the studied population is 37.83 % (serious stage) with highest among children (50%). Moreover, occurrence of thinness is found to be higher among girls as compared to the boys. The prevalence of Grade III thinness is found to be highest among pre-schooler children (18.75%) followed by children with 2.63%. Whereas Grade I undernutrition is highest among children (34.21%) followed by pre-school children (25.0%), adult (17.78%) and adolescent (16.67%). All the age groups considered in the present study are not statistically significant for the degree of malnutrition except for adults (p < 0.05). The result shows that undernutrition is more prevalent among children than their adult counterpart. Similar data from other communities from state(s) should be collected and analyzed for better understanding and to reduce the prevalence of undernutrition in children and women as a whole.
A cross-sectional study was undertaken among Kolam tribal population by using systematic househol... more A cross-sectional study was undertaken among Kolam tribal population by using systematic household survey method.
International Research Journal of Science and Technology, 2019
The objective of the study is to understand the selection intensities among Kolam, a particularly... more The objective of the study is to understand the selection intensities among Kolam, a particularly vulnerable tribal group (PVTG) of Adilabad district of Telangana State, India. Two prominent methods were employed to understand the intensities by using Crow’s index and modified formula as given by Johnston and Kensinger’s method. The intensities are computed on the basis of the reproductive history of mother with completed fertility and the results were compared with the available works on populations belonging to Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and India. The Crow’s total index (II) value was found to be 0.3863. The mortality (Im) component was found to be 0.2151 while fertility (If) component was found to be 0.1712. The contribution of mortality component is greater than that of fertility component among the present studied population using Crow’s index. According to Johnston and Kensinger, the total index (II) was found to be 0.6017. Fertility component was found to be 0.2368, prenatal ...
AbstrAct: Malnutrition has become one of the serious problems among children and adolescents inte... more AbstrAct: Malnutrition has become one of the serious problems among children and adolescents internationally , especially in developing countries. India, a developing country covers 40% of undernourished children of the world. In India, tribal population is among the most deprived and undernourished people. The present study shows the prevalence of undernutrition among Kolam tribal children and adolescents by comparing different Body Mass Index (BMI) cut off points. Age and sex specific nutritional status of studied population shows 15.01% boys and 18.35% girls are in Chronic Energy Deficiency (CED) III category, 16.22% boys and 19.32% girls are in CEDII, 31.71% boys and 2.72% girls are in CEDI only 0.96% boys and 1.69% girls are in overweight category respectively. Undernutrition is not limited to young children, even adults are also severely underweight in developing countries. Health and nutrition of today's adolescent girls may have great impact on the quality of next genera...
An attempt has been made to study the anthropometric measurements of four tribal groups that incl... more An attempt has been made to study the anthropometric measurements of four tribal groups that include an-thropometrically measurable attributes and indices of the human body. A cross-sectional study of 1213 persons consisting of 607 males and 606 females belonging to the tribes namely Bagatha, Konda Dora, Konda Reddi, and Koya Dora situated in Vizianagaram district, Visakhapatnam, East Godavari and West Godavari districts respectively. The measurements like stature, relative weight, muscularity, frame size, various weight/height indices, waist circumference have been used to quantify the physical activity and patterns of change among males and females individually as well as population groups. The tribes in principle vary in the mean values of all the somatometric measures of body weight, height vertex, biacrominal breath, bicristal breadth, waist circum-ference and hip circumference. The mean values of weight among men from tribes of Eastern Ghats shows that the Koya Dora men of cur...
Demography is the statistical study of human populations. In Anthropology, the demographic study ... more Demography is the statistical study of human populations. In Anthropology, the demographic study of the tribes in terms of quantitatively and qualitatively is complete in its nature.
To assess the prevalence of thinness among 2-5 years preschool children, a cross-sectional study ... more To assess the prevalence of thinness among 2-5 years preschool children, a cross-sectional study was conducted among 284 preschool children (Boys-144; Girls-140) of Kolam tribe. Kolam, a primitive tribal group predominantly lives in Utnoor, Narnoor and Jainoor mandal (s) of Adilabad district, Telangana, India. Anthropometric measurements like height and weight were used to compute body mass index following standard techniques. The new international classification cutoff points provided for boys and girls aged 2 years to 5 years were used to identify the prevalence of under nutrition. It was observed that the participants of both the sexes showed a marked difference in body weight. The overall prevalence of thinness was 72.91% for Kolam boys and 72.14% for Kolam girls indicating that children of both the sexes were undernourished.
Background: The tribal religion happens to be the most primitive form of religion. Understand the... more Background: The tribal religion happens to be the most primitive form of religion. Understand the important features and the nature of religion among the Konda Reddi tribe in West Godavari district. Aim: The basic aim of the study is to understand the important features and the nature of religion among Konda Reddi tribe. Methodology: The study is both qualitative and quantitative in nature. Conventional Anthropological methods like observation (participant and non-participant) Schedule, Interview and Case study were employed to collect the empirical data. Discussion: The religious aspects are sophisticated and the people are worshiping modern Gods like Sri Rama & Lord Shiva. The old traditions of worshipping are also outdated thus we cannot be able to study this culture after some years. Conclusion: The study tries to examine the change among Konda Reddi in recent times due to the religious systems and emergence of leadership among them.
Fertility and mortality levels were reported in Bagatha (150), Konda Dora (150), Konda Reddi (150... more Fertility and mortality levels were reported in Bagatha (150), Konda Dora (150), Konda Reddi (150) and Koya Dora (170) tribes inhabiting Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh. Relatively higher fertility is reported among Konda Dora women (3.4, 3.2 and 2.8) when compared to Bagatha (2.9 2.6 and 2.2) conceptions, live births and living children per woman while the remaining tribes have reported moderate fertility. A high frequency of abortions (2.3%) and still births (7%) were reported among Bagatha and Konda Reddi whereas it is found to be less among Koya Dora (0.4%) and (2.3%). However, high postnatal mortality is recorded among Koya Dora (32.4%) while the other three tribes reported moderate postnatal deaths. The factors like women's weak social status in the society, low level of literacy, early age at marriage, early childbearing age influence the demographic processes of a population such as fertility and mortality.
2657 Khond subjects drawn randomly from 18 villages of Chintapalli, G. Madugula and Pedabayalu ma... more 2657 Khond subjects drawn randomly from 18 villages of Chintapalli, G. Madugula and Pedabayalu mandals of Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh (during April -October 2004) were examined for the frequency of respiratory, air born, infective and waterborne diseases, injuries and accidents and poisoning due to animal bites. The frequency of scabies, malaria, cholera, diarrhea and vomiting is observed to be higher when compared to other diseases. Majority of the subjects were observed to show preference towards the use of indigenous method of treatment when compared to modern method of treatment. The data collected on the epidemiological status among Khonds will help to suggest suitable programmes and strategies for improvement of the health status of this vulnerable group.
International Research Journal of Science and Technology, 2019
The objective of the study is to understand the selection intensities among Kolam, a particularly... more The objective of the study is to understand the selection intensities among Kolam, a particularly vulnerable tribal group (PVTG) of Adilabad district of Telangana State, India. Two prominent methods were employed to understand the intensities by using Crow’s index and modified formula as given by Johnston and Kensinger’s method. The intensities are computed on the basis of the reproductive history of mother with completed fertility and the results were compared with the available works on populations belonging to Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and India. The Crow’s total index (II) value was found to be 0.3863. The mortality (Im) component was found to be 0.2151 while fertility (If) component was found to be 0.1712. The contribution of mortality component is greater than that of fertility component among the present studied population using Crow’s index. According to Johnston and Kensinger, the total index (II) was found to be 0.6017. Fertility component was found to be 0.2368, prenatal ...
Malnutrition has become one of the serious problems among children and adolescents internationall... more Malnutrition has become one of the serious problems among children and adolescents internationally, especially in developing countries. India, a developing country covers 40% of undernourished children of the world. In India, tribal population is among the most deprived and undernourished people. The present study shows the prevalence of undernutrition among Kolam tribal children and adolescents by comparing different Body Mass Index (BMI) cut off points. Age and sex specific nutritional status of studied population shows 15.01% boys and 18.35% girls are in Chronic Energy Deficiency (CED) III category, 16.22% boys and 19.32% girls are in CEDII, 31.71% boys and 2.72% girls are in CEDI only 0.96% boys and 1.69% girls are in overweight category respectively. Undernutrition is not limited to young children, even adults are also severely underweight in developing countries. Health and nutrition of today’s adolescent girls may have great impact on the quality of next generation. Proper nu...
Provoking fresh thinking is certainly becoming the prime purpose of International Journal of Mult... more Provoking fresh thinking is certainly becoming the prime purpose of International Journal of Multidisciplinary Educational Research (IJMER). The new world era we have entered with enormous contradictions is demanding a unique understanding to face challenges. IJMER's contents are overwhelmingly contributor, distinctive and are creating the right balance for its readers with its varied knowledge. We are happy to inform you that IJMER got the high Impact Factor 2.735, Index Copernicus Value 5.16 and IJMER is listed and indexed in 31 popular indexed organizations in the world. This academic achievement of IJMER is only author's contribution in the past issues. This is 29 th issue of IJMER; I hope this journey of IJMER more benefit to future academic world. The current issue deals with Spirituality, Measures of child mortality, Realstic theory, Social Emperoment, Domestic Violence, Physical Education and etc. These applied topics are a fund of knowledge for their utilization. In the present issue, we have taken up details of multidisciplinary issues discussed in academic circles. There are 25 well written articles covering a wide range of issues that are thought provoking as well as significant in the contemporary research world. My thanks to the Members of the Editorial Board, to the readers, and in particular I sincerely recognize the efforts of the subscribers of articles. The journal thus receives its recognition from the rich contribution of assorted research papers presented by the experienced scholars and the implied commitment is generating the vision envisaged and that is spreading knowledge. I am happy to note that the readers are benefited. My personal thanks to one and all.
International Journal of Scientific Research, 2012
An attempt has been made to study the anthropometric measurements of four tribal groups that incl... more An attempt has been made to study the anthropometric measurements of four tribal groups that include an- thropometrically measurable attributes and indices of the human body. A cross-sectional study of 1213 persons consisting of 607 males and 606 females belonging to the tribes namely Bagatha, Konda Dora, Konda Reddi, and Koya Dora situated in Vizianagaram district, Visakhapatnam, East Godavari and West Godavari districts respectively. The measurements such as stature, relative weight, muscularity, frame size, various weight/height indices, waist circumference have been used to quantify the physical activity and patterns of change among males and females individually as well as population groups. The tribes in principle vary in the mean values of all the somatometric measures of body weight, height vertex, biacrominal breath, bicristal breadth, waist circum- ference and hip circumference. The mean values of weight among men from tribes of Eastern Ghats shows that the Koya Dora men of current survey are the heaviest (52 kg), tallest (160.29cm), with broader shoulders (36.97 cm), and maximum hip circumference (85.54 cm). Various breadths of the body indicate thin physical frame of the tribes.
IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 2014
An attempt is made to find out theparental consanguinity on inbreeding of Khond, a particularly v... more An attempt is made to find out theparental consanguinity on inbreeding of Khond, a particularly vulnerable tribal group belonging to Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh. In a cross-sectional study of the tribe, socio-economic characteristics along with demographic data were collected using structured schedule. Further the sample was selected through random sampling method and it was reported that out of 247 numbers of married women, 167 womenpreferred consanguineous marriages and remaining 80 women preferred non-consanguineous marriages. The mean sex-linked s value (0.0728) is slightly higher than the mean autosomal a value (0.0439). All fertility components are higher for consanguineous couples compared to the non-couples. The proportion of prenatal deaths was reported to be more among consanguineous unions while postnatal deaths were reported to be more among non-consanguineous unions.
The index of opportunity of selection among Khonds is computed on the basis of reproductive histo... more The index of opportunity of selection among Khonds is computed on the basis of reproductive history of mothers with completed fertility career and the results were compared with the available data on other tribal populations of Andhra Pradesh. The index of selection intensity (I) among Khonds is observed to be similar to the condition in Sugalis of Andhra Pradesh. Selection Intensity among Khonds is found to be lower when compared with Raj Gond, Pardhan, Hill Kolam, Manne Kolam, Chenchu and Yanadi tribes of Andhra Pradesh. This could be attributed to the availability of health care facility, better nutrition and socioeconomic conditions and biogenetic factors considering the size of the population. The state of demographic dynamics reveals that the Khond is passing through better demographic transition View publication stats View publication stats
A cross-sectional study investigated age and sex variations in chronic energy deficiency (CED) am... more A cross-sectional study investigated age and sex variations in chronic energy deficiency (CED) among 114 individuals (2-80 years) of Gond population of Binouri village, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The sample was selected randomly to study CED grades using anthropometric indicators. Nutritional status was evaluated in four groups of different age categories- pre-schoolers: 2-5 years (n=17), children: 6-12 years (n=38), adolescents: 13-18 years (n=12) and adults: >18years (n=47) using the age-sex specific cut-off points of body mass index (BMI). Statistical analysis was performed using MS Excel and SPSS software. The considered socio-demographic variables such as age at marriage, educational and occupational status showed significant difference with respect to sex. Majority of the adult population belongs to the lower socio-economic class with few middle classes among the studied population. No significant age sex specific difference is observed for mean values of anthropometric variables such as height, weight and BMI. The overall frequency of CED among the studied population is 37.83 % (serious stage) with highest among children (50%). Moreover, occurrence of thinness is found to be higher among girls as compared to the boys. The prevalence of Grade III thinness is found to be highest among pre-schooler children (18.75%) followed by children with 2.63%. Whereas Grade I undernutrition is highest among children (34.21%) followed by pre-school children (25.0%), adult (17.78%) and adolescent (16.67%). All the age groups considered in the present study are not statistically significant for the degree of malnutrition except for adults (p < 0.05). The result shows that undernutrition is more prevalent among children than their adult counterpart. Similar data from other communities from state(s) should be collected and analyzed for better understanding and to reduce the prevalence of undernutrition in children and women as a whole.
A cross-sectional study was undertaken among Kolam tribal population by using systematic househol... more A cross-sectional study was undertaken among Kolam tribal population by using systematic household survey method.
International Research Journal of Science and Technology, 2019
The objective of the study is to understand the selection intensities among Kolam, a particularly... more The objective of the study is to understand the selection intensities among Kolam, a particularly vulnerable tribal group (PVTG) of Adilabad district of Telangana State, India. Two prominent methods were employed to understand the intensities by using Crow’s index and modified formula as given by Johnston and Kensinger’s method. The intensities are computed on the basis of the reproductive history of mother with completed fertility and the results were compared with the available works on populations belonging to Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and India. The Crow’s total index (II) value was found to be 0.3863. The mortality (Im) component was found to be 0.2151 while fertility (If) component was found to be 0.1712. The contribution of mortality component is greater than that of fertility component among the present studied population using Crow’s index. According to Johnston and Kensinger, the total index (II) was found to be 0.6017. Fertility component was found to be 0.2368, prenatal ...
AbstrAct: Malnutrition has become one of the serious problems among children and adolescents inte... more AbstrAct: Malnutrition has become one of the serious problems among children and adolescents internationally , especially in developing countries. India, a developing country covers 40% of undernourished children of the world. In India, tribal population is among the most deprived and undernourished people. The present study shows the prevalence of undernutrition among Kolam tribal children and adolescents by comparing different Body Mass Index (BMI) cut off points. Age and sex specific nutritional status of studied population shows 15.01% boys and 18.35% girls are in Chronic Energy Deficiency (CED) III category, 16.22% boys and 19.32% girls are in CEDII, 31.71% boys and 2.72% girls are in CEDI only 0.96% boys and 1.69% girls are in overweight category respectively. Undernutrition is not limited to young children, even adults are also severely underweight in developing countries. Health and nutrition of today's adolescent girls may have great impact on the quality of next genera...
An attempt has been made to study the anthropometric measurements of four tribal groups that incl... more An attempt has been made to study the anthropometric measurements of four tribal groups that include an-thropometrically measurable attributes and indices of the human body. A cross-sectional study of 1213 persons consisting of 607 males and 606 females belonging to the tribes namely Bagatha, Konda Dora, Konda Reddi, and Koya Dora situated in Vizianagaram district, Visakhapatnam, East Godavari and West Godavari districts respectively. The measurements like stature, relative weight, muscularity, frame size, various weight/height indices, waist circumference have been used to quantify the physical activity and patterns of change among males and females individually as well as population groups. The tribes in principle vary in the mean values of all the somatometric measures of body weight, height vertex, biacrominal breath, bicristal breadth, waist circum-ference and hip circumference. The mean values of weight among men from tribes of Eastern Ghats shows that the Koya Dora men of cur...
Demography is the statistical study of human populations. In Anthropology, the demographic study ... more Demography is the statistical study of human populations. In Anthropology, the demographic study of the tribes in terms of quantitatively and qualitatively is complete in its nature.
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