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    Assessment of nutritional status in respect of Anthropometric Profile among the Indigenous Santal children of Santuri Block, Purulia, West Bengal
    (University of North Bengal, 2024) Mahato, Aparna; Mitra, Maitrayee
    Background: The prevalence of undernutrition is higher among the tribal population with respect to all anthropometric measures. The prevalence is twice as high among the economically indigent families. The situation is worse among the girl children. Santals are predominantly distributed in different parts of West Bengal. Therefore, the present cross-sectional study aimed to assess age and sex variation in nutritional status with respect to anthropometric profile among the Santal primary school-going children aged 5 to 9 years of Santuri block, Purulia, West Bengal. Materials and methods: A total of 200 children (58 boys and 142 girls) were included. Height, weight and body mass index of the children were converted into age-specific Z-scores. Under- (stunting, underweight and thinness) and over-nutrition (overweight and obesity) based on age and sex-specific Z-score were assessed as per the criteria of WHO, 2003. Results: The majority of the children were found with normal HAZ, WAZ and BMIZ. Prevalence of under-nutrition (3% stunting, 0.5% underweight and 1% thinness) and over-nutrition was very low. It is noteworthy that the prevalence of both under- and over-nutrition is higher among girls than boys; all the over-nourished children were girls. Conclusion: The population is mostly normal in nutritional status. Effective measures should be taken to eradicate the existence of malnutrition with a special focus on girls.
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    Effect of Family Environment on Children’s Well-Being: A Case Study
    (University of North Bengal, 2016) Gan, Biswanath; Biswas, Samar Kumar
    Family environment is an important issue which influences on child’s well-being including social, emotional or psychological part. Family plays an important role in educatingsocializing children. It is said that family is a primary institution where a child learns a lot by observing and teaching, and know what is wrong or right, should or should not. Our child is a vulnerable asset and future wealth of society. Thus, it is a duty of every parent to protect their children against all forms of exploitation and nourish them properly to make a healthy society. But there are so many children in our country are being exploited by their poor family environment and in this context the present studied families are a burning example. The focus of this paper is on family environment that influences the social, emotional or psychological well-being of children in the stone crushing society of Balasan River Basin, Darjeeling district, West Bengal.
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    Analysis of Early Childhood Development in India
    (University of North Bengal, 2020-09) Laskar, Salma Begum; Kumar, Umesh
    The early childhood development is basically the development of right of children from zero to six years. Almost 90% of the brain develops during the age of 5 years. The development of child includes the physical, emotional, social, psychological and the like which are required to have a good and healthy life. If these developments will not take place during the initial years, a person’s life will have risk of impaired growth and development. Children during their early childhood shall be given adequate nutrition for their growth, health care facilities regularly like vaccination etc, care and protection and play and learning. If a child receives proper favorable inputs of healthy life, he will grow and prosper in life and if a child receives unfavorable environment, he will be burden to society and the state will have to bear his responsibility throughout his life. Children are the future of our nation and it is the duty of the citizen to give them their required input to have healthy life. The Central as well as the State government initiated several times various policies and schemes to meet the challenges faced by the children for their proper growth and development. Many international conventions and declarations were made to cope up with the problems faced by children in different corners of the world. The judiciary has also framed guidelines and issued directions protecting the best interest of children.