Nutritional Assessment of Japanese Encephalitis and Acute Encephalitis Syndrome confirmed patients of Gorakhpur Uttar Pradesh
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.37506/ijphrd.v11i7.10116Keywords:
Malnutrition, JE/AES, Gorakhpur, Anthropometry, WHOAbstract
Malnutrition and infectious diseases are closely interlinked, Japanese Encephalitis and Acute Encephalitis
Syndrome has also been associated with malnourishment and or poor immune system of children. The
present study investigates the nutritional and growth status of children of Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, infected
with JE/AES. For this study 100 patients were selected (58 boys and 42 girls) purposively. The subjects were
divided into 3 age groups viz, 1-3, 4-7 and 8-10. Their anthropometric characters viz, height and weight
were measured. The results were compared with WHO standard. From the study, it is clear that a large
number of JE/AES patients from Gorakhpur UP suffer are severely malnourished. The nutritional status of
both boys and girls is lower than the WHO standard both in terms of overall bodily development and BMI.
