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| Year : 2009 | Volume
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Leanness among early adolescents in two rural schools of two districts in West Bengal
S Bisai, K Bose
Department of Anthropology, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, West Bengal, India
Correspondence Address:
K Bose
Department of Anthropology, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, West Bengal
India
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PMID: 20469763 
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This cross-sectional study was conducted in two districts of West Bengal, to report the prevalence of leanness among rural adolescent school children. Leanness was evaluated using age and sex specific cut-off points of triceps skinfold thickness of < 5th percentile of NCHS reference population as recommended by World Health Organization. A total of 2016 students, of these, 51.39 % boys and 48.61% girls aged 10-15 years were studied. Overall (age and sex combined) 18.35 % children were lean. Moreover, prevalence of leanness was significantly higher in girls (22.04 %) as compared to boys (14.86%). |
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