Estimation of Various Nutritional Deficiencies in School Going Children of district Peshawar, Pakistan

ABSTRACT
Background: The aims of the study are to estimate gender wise and age wise nutritional status of school children of aged 4 to 15 years, in the local area of district Peshawar. Method: Institutional based cross-sectional study design was used. In the current research work a total of 500 samples were isolated from school-going children. In which 150(30%) were found positive for nutritional deficiency. The samples collected from male and females students of age 4-15 years. Result: Among the all samples nutritional anemia was found more frequent 60(12%), leading by malnutrition 50 (10%), moderate prevalence were shows by underweight 20(4%) and stunting 16 (3.2%) prevalence rate. while very low frequency was shows by wasting 4 (0.8%) respectively. Out of 500 children the number of male was slightly higher than females. The incidence of malnutrition, underweight and nutritional Anemia among the study population varied with gender and with age. Although the prevalence of nutritional anemia was higher in both age groups. Conclusion:  Over all ratio of underweight and stunting were found moderate among all ages and gender wise distribution of nutritional sates