Human Growth and Nutrition : a Biocultural Synthesis [Hardcover]

ABOUT THE BOOK:- This book is a collection of 16 research papers on 6 different themes. It is an outcome of an international conference organized during 26-30 November 2012 at Kalinga Institute of Industrial Te chnology (KIIT), Bhubaneswar by International Union of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences (IUAES). A plenary session was organized jointly by the editors of the book. The authors of the chapters presented their findings as research papers in this conference and after suggestions; modified versions of selected papers were included in this book. Beside, 2-3 chapters were invited from the scholars who are working on 'Human Growth and Nutrition'. In this way this book is the result of collaborative efforts of a group of scholars. The book is rich in variety of aspect of human growth, development and nutrition, wide range of papers focused on different issues among people from North-East to South and East to West on Indian continent. Surely, it would be helpful for scholars of different fields like Medical sciences, peadiatrics, human nutrition, anthropology, geography, sociology, economics, political sciences, population and tribal studies and so on. There is no such compilation having such a wide coverage from very inception to adulthood, north to south and east to west. ABOUT THE AUTHOR:- Dr. RK Gautam is among the pioneer Anthropologists. He joined Department of Anthropology, Dr. Harisingh Gour Vishwavidylaya (A Central University), Sagar, Madhya Pradesh as an Assistant Professor in July 2004. He was born on October 2nd, 1970 in a village Deogaon, district Mandla of Madhaya Pradesh. He was awarded degree of Ph.D. by the University of Delhi. Recently, he was awarded Raman Post Doctoral Fellowship by UGC for the years 2015-16 for USA. His research is focused on Human growth, Human nutrition, Human genetics, population studies and tribal studies. Dr. PK Patra is Reader in Anthropology at Utkal University, Bhubaneswar since December 2010. He was awarded Ph.D in 2002 and MA in Japanese language in 2003, both from University of Delhi. He received Mombukagakusho Fellowship for postdoctoral research in Japan in 2005. From 2005 to 2009, he worked at University of Leiden in the Netherlands as NWO postdoctoral fellow. Thereafter, in 2010 and 2013-14, he received ESRC postdoctoral fellowship to do research at University of Sussex in United Kingdom. His areas of research interest include tribal demography, medical anthropology and biomedical ethics. CONTENTS:- Foreword 9 Acknowledgements 11 Preface 13 List of Contributors 21 Theme – 1 Human Growth and Development 1 Ultrasonographic Prenatal Growth Study of Human Foetuses among the Meitei of Manipur 25 —Thokchom Ursa, Thoudam Bedita Devi and S Jibonkumar Singh 2 Growth Pattern of stature and Body Weight during Childhood and Adolescence: A Cross-sectional Study among School Boys of Guwahati, Assam, India 39 —T Baruah, P Kashyap, J Phukan, U Borah, D K Adak and P Bharati 3 Pattern of Growth among Homozygous Sicklers: Cross-sectional Study among Mehra a Scheduled Caste of Mandla District, Madhya Pradesh 49 —Jyoti Jhariya, Awadhesh N Sharma and Rajesh K Gautam 4 Growth and Nutritional Status of Adolescent Tibetans in Odisha 61 —K C Satapathy 5 Growth Pattern of the Adolescent: A Cross-sectional Study among the Bhotia of Uttarakhand, India 81 —Chittaranjan Mandal Theme – 2 Under-Nutrition and Disease 6 Prevalence of Thinness, Overweight and Obesity among Karbi Tribal Children Aged 5-12 Years of Karbi Anglong, Assam Northeast India 99 —Nitish Mondal, Rongkehai Ronchehon and Nitamoni Bharali 7 Co-prevalence of Under-nutrition and Hypertension among Indian Tribal Populations 121 —Gautam K Kshatriya and Subhendu K Acharya 8 Prevalence of Anemia among Tribals in Mayurbhanj District of Odisha 141 —Manoranjan Mohapatra, K C Satapathy and P K Patra Theme – 3 Adult Nutrition, BMI and Puberty 9 Age at Puberty and Nutritional Status: A Comparative Study among Adult Females of two Different Ecological Zones 153 —Rachna Thakur and Rajesh K Gautam 10 Nutritional Status of Mawasis of Chhindwara District of Madhya Pradesh 167 —Harshdeep Singh Dhanjal Theme – 4 Physical activity and body composition 11 Habitual Physical Activity, Body Composition and Cardio respiratory Health: Study among Rajput Women of District Kangra, Himachal Pradesh 177 —NK Mungreiphy, Meenal Dhall, Satwanti Kapoor 12 A Study of Physical Activity Level Among the Chamba Youth (17-18 Years) of Himachal Pradesh 201 —Lakhwinder Kaur and Ramesh Sahani Theme – 5 Nutritional status and associated factors 13 Nutritional Status and Associated Factors among the Tribal Children of Three Ecological Zones of India 215 ——Swapan Kumar Kolay and Gautam Kumar Kshatriya 14 Nutritional Status of Santal Children in two Villages of Birbhum District, West Bengal 239 —Jyoti Ratan Ghosh 15 Nutritional and Haematological Status of Migrant Pano Community of Slums in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India 249 —Sunil Kumar Gouda Theme – 6 Food Security and Healthcare 16 Role of Self Help Groups in Providing Food Security and Health Care with Reference to Children: A Study in Andhra Pradesh 269 —M Sreevidya Index 281 The Title 'Human Growth and Nutrition : a Biocultural Synthesis written/authored/edited by Rajesh K. Gautam, Prasanna K. Patra', published in the year 2016. The ISBN 9789351282044 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 284 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Kalpaz Publications. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Health / Home Science. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol:-