The health and nutritional status of school children in two rural communities in Sri Lanka

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dc.contributor.author Fernando, S.D
dc.contributor.author Paranavitane, S. R.
dc.contributor.author Rajakaruna, J.
dc.contributor.author Wickramasinghe, S
dc.date.accessioned 2021-08-02T05:56:41Z
dc.date.available 2021-08-02T05:56:41Z
dc.date.issued 2000
dc.identifier.citation Fernando, S. D., Paranavitane, S. R., Rajakaruna, J., Weerasinghe, S., De Silva, D., & Wickremasinghe, A. R. (2000). The health and nutritional status of school children in two rural communities in Sri Lanka. Tropical Medicine & International Health, 5(6), 450-452. en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://archive.cmb.ac.lk:8080/xmlui/handle/70130/5650
dc.description.abstract There is growing evidence of considerable burden of morbidity and mortality due to infectious diseases and undernutrition in school children. This study describes the nutritional status and parasitic infections of school children in two areas of rural Sri Lanka. All children in four primary schools in the Moneragala district of Sri Lanka were included in the study. The height and weight of children were measured and anthropometric indices calculated. Stool and blood samples were examined for evidence of intestinal helminthiasis, malaria and anaemia. A greater proportion of boys than girls were underweight, wasted and stunted. Over 80% of the children were anaemic but did not apparently have iron deficiency anaemia according to their blood picture. The prevalence of parasitic infections such as hookworm and Plasmodium spp that may contribute to anaemia was low. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher Blackwell Science Ltd en_US
dc.subject school child en_US
dc.subject nutritional status en_US
dc.subject anaemia en_US
dc.title The health and nutritional status of school children in two rural communities in Sri Lanka en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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