Food, Nutrition and Morbidity

It is an established fact that the socio-economic condition of a community determines the quality a diet and consequently the motbidity pattern of the community. This suticle is based on a socio-economic and diet airway among four tribal groups namely Jatapu, Savara, Gadaba and Kondadora inhabiting in two agency blocks of vizianagram district, Andhra Pradesh of South India. These tribals are mainly agriculturists and laburors and they follow the traditional method of cultivation which results in poor production. The diet intake also show a deficiency in nutrition among pre-school children, and the women are deficient in B-carotene vitamin C and riboflavin. The morbidity data indicates that scabies, dermatitis, infection and infestation art the major health problems the area

Biology · Environmental health · Geography · Infestation · Riboflavin · Scabies · Socioeconomics · Vitamin · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Medicine · Food Science