Research Journal of Medical Sciences
ISSN: Online 1993-6095ISSN: Print 1815-9346
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An under-recognized cause of considerable morbidity in children under the age of five is anaemia related to poor nutrition. Children between the ages of 6 months and 5 years old who have childhood anemia have insufficient hemoglobin levels to adequately oxygenate their bodily tissue. 11 g dL‾1 is the cut off hemoglobin level for not being anemic. The phrase “nutritional anaemia” refers to all clinical disorders in which the blood haemoglobin concentration falls to an abnormally low level. Iron, vitamin B12 and folic acid are the primary nutrients involved in the synthesis of hemoglobin. Anemia affects 1.6 billion (24.8%) people worldwide and is a major public health issue. It happens at every stage of life but it is more common in young children (under 5 years old) in the preschool years. Globally, 293.1 million (47.4%) children under the age of five are anemic and 67.6% of these children reside in Africa. According to Ethiopia’s 2016 demographic and health survey, 57% of Ethiopia’s under-five population was anemic. To find out distribution of nutritional deficiency anaemia among under five children according to different nutritional factor and estimate proportion of nutritional deficiency anaemia among under five children.
How to cite this article:
Debasish Mondal, Arindam Bandyopadhyay and Dipta Kanti Mukhopadhyay. Nutritional Deficiency Anaemia Among Under Five Children in a Hospital Based Cross Sectional Study in Kolkata.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/10.59218\makrjms.2023.895.898
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