Papers by sandeep roy sarkar
Indian pediatrics, 2012
This cross-sectional study assesses the growth and nutritional status of 623 rural and urban Trip... more This cross-sectional study assesses the growth and nutritional status of 623 rural and urban Tripuri tribal adolescent boys (aged 8 to 15 years) from West Tripura district. Prevalence of stunting, thinness and overweight were observed 7.6%, 17.81% and 6.03% for urban and 27.9%, 38.37% and 0.39% respectively for rural boys.
Indian pediatrics, 2011
This cross-sectional study evaluated the nutritional status of 608 rural tribal children (age 6 t... more This cross-sectional study evaluated the nutritional status of 608 rural tribal children (age 6 to 15 years) from Jampuijala block of West Tripura district, India. Prevalence of stunting, thinness and overweight were 23.7%, 33.4% and 0.8%, respectively. The prevalence of stunting and thinness was found to be higher in boys than in girls.
Anthropologist, 2012
A cross-sectional study of the nutritional status was made on 365 Tripuri boys (aged 8 to 15 year... more A cross-sectional study of the nutritional status was made on 365 Tripuri boys (aged 8 to 15 years) in Agartala, the capital of Tripura. This study was carried out to determine the nutritional status of school going Tripuri tribal boys of Agartala. The cluster random sampling method was followed for selecting the subjects from different schools of Agartala city. Nutritional status such as stunting, thinness and overweight was analyzed by using the growth reference data of World Health Organization. Prevalence of stunting, thinness and overwei ght were 7.67%, 17.81% and 6.03% respectively.
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Papers by sandeep roy sarkar