DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2020.v08i08.014

Pages: 1865-1870

India secures a second position worldwide followed by Bangladesh in the year 1998. It accounts that 47% of the children possess a degree of malnutrition as per the estimation given by World Bank. In the world, India shows the highest ratio of underweight children in terms of mortality, productivity and economic growth. The main objective of this study is to assess the nutritional status among fewer than five children and to compare it with the selected demographic variables. The study is supported by modified health belief model. A structured interview schedule was used to determine the demographic data and anthropometric parameters of fewer than five children. Non Experimental uni-variant descriptive design is used, enrolling 100 under five children. The technique used in the study is Non probability convenient sampling technique and it shows that out of 100 under five children 67% are malnourished and 33% are well nourished respectively.