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@article{185284,
        author = {Dr Gopal Dabade},
        title = {Intervention for improving nutritional status of children in Koppal District of Karnataka state},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {12},
        number = {5},
        pages = {689-699},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=185284},
        abstract = {Malnourishment is indeed a huge public health problem in India with more than half the surveyed states reported every third child below five suffering from chronic malnourishment1 The Government of India along with the state governments have introduced several welfare schemes to address the same including the introduction of crèches known as “Anganawadi”.
The southern states in India have performed better in addressing this problem but still the state of Karnataka has figures that show high malnutrition. For example, the National Family Health Survey-4 (NFHS-4, 2015-16) reported that the prevalence of underweight, stunting, and wasted among under-five is 36%, 38%, and 28.5%, respectively at the national level and 31.5%, 32.6%, and 24.8% respectively, in Karnataka state. Prevalence of underweight is 37% among under-five children using the WHO growth standards reported in a study done in Belgaum2
Despite these stark figures this study emphasizes the fact there are interventions that can reduce the malnutrition. For assessing the child’s nutrition this study used the standard protocols that are provided by the Government of Karnataka’s, Department of Women & Child Development Empowerment of Differently Abled and Senior Citizens (https://wcd.karnataka.gov.in/english).  Using these standard procedures and in addition with community intervention it was possible to reduce malnutrition to a considerable extent, just within a short period of five months.
This study after doing an anthropometric assessment survey in four talukas of Koppal District (Koppal, Kushtagi, Gangavati and Yelbarga) has been followed up by an interaction with the mothers to initiate dietary changes in their children. Because of these dietary changes there has been an observation from this study that there is improvement in the nutritional status of the children within a short period of five months.},
        keywords = {Child-health, epideomology, anganawadi, nutritional disorders, junk-food, feeding behaviour and Pushti packet.},
        month = {October},
        }