Nutritional status of preschool children (3–5 years)

Nutritional status of any population is considered a vital determining factor for its biosocial development including both physical and mental well being. Undernutrition and malnutrition are major health problems among young children in developing countries of the world. Clinical examination provides an overall impression of nutritional health and reveals specific signs of malnutrition. Total 300 preschool children were selected randomly from four villages of Yamunanagar district. The respondents were examined for various sings of nutritional deficiencies like vitamin A deficiency, anaemia, iodine deficiency disorder and others. Data on clinical examination revealed that few clinical deficiency symptoms were present in very few children.