Vol. 12, Issue 6 (2023)

Author(s):
Akanksha Nandan, Suman Prasad Maurya, Sarita Srivastav and Prachi Shukla

Abstract:
Obesity is a pre-disposing factor for many diseases. Studies have reported significantly higher among secondary school children. High School and Intermediate School (10+2) education are considered most important stage of learning in India as the choices for future education and livelihood are based on the achievements obtained at the level. Health with respect to nutritional status is fundamental and important to enable children to concentrate on their studies, therefore, a study was undertaken with the objective to study the nutritional status of high school and intermediate school students in the district Bahraich district of Uttar Pradesh. A total of 100 students were selected (50 children each from high and Intermediate school) from IRP colony. Anthropometric measurements BMI of the students was taken for nutritional assessment. The study found that mean BMI high school was 20.5 while BMI of intermediate school children was 21, thus on an average both high school children and Intermediate children had normal nutritional status in terms of BMI.