Nutritional Status of the Hill Korwars of Madhya Pradesh, India
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5178593 |
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| Authors | K K N Sharma (Department of Social Anthropology and Tribal Development, Guru Ghasidas University , Bilaspur, Madhya Pradesh, India), Karishma Sharma (0000-0003-3699-0854, Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya), B M Mukherjee (Department of Social Anthropology and Tribal Development, Guru Ghasidas University , Bilaspur, Madhya Pradesh, India), Bhaskar Mukherjee (0000-0003-2077-6976, Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidyalaya) |
| Year | 1995 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 69-70 |
| Publication date | 1995-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Human Ecology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0970-9274 • E-ISSN: 2456-6608 |
| Publisher | Kamla Raj Enterprises (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09709274.1995.11907133 |
| OpenAlex | W2770673124 |
| Language | EN |
The present study is an attempt to assess nutritional status of the Hill Korwa tribal population of Madhya Pradesh (M P.). The study is based on 239 unrelated individuals (136 adult males and 103 adult females) from predominated inhabited villages namely Ghatgaon and Sewari (Rajpur blocks), Jori and Raghupur (Lundra-Dhorpur blocks). Raikaya (Shankergarth blocks). Ramnagar and Khala (Ambikapur blocks) of the Surguja district, M.P. The Pelidisi index indicate that all males and females have low nutritional stalus, whereas the Pignet index shows that 0.82%. 1.64%. 18.03%. 28.69%. 27.87% 13.11% and 9.84% males are belonging to Very Sturdy, Sturdy, Good, Average, Weak. Very Weak and Poor nutritional status groups, respectively
Biology · Geography · Sociology · Traditional medicine · Agricultural Economics and Practices · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Demography · Medicine · South Asian Studies and Conflicts
| Highly cited | No |
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