Identifying the prevalence of three types of malnutrition and effect of periodic counselling on the nutritional status of school children in Chennai.

Identifying the prevalence of triple burden of malnutrition among school children, and studying the impact of an intervention program on their nutritional status.

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 2

Study type

Interventional

Source

CTRI

Registry ID

CTRI/2022/02/040501

Enrollment

520

Registered

2022-02-22

Start date

Unknown

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-01

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Intervention1: Periodic nutrition education: Periodic nutrition education in various forms for a period of 6 months Control Intervention1: Not applicable: Not applicable

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Permission from school authorities of both government and private institutions, located in the main zones of Chennai city. 2. School children aged 10 to 15 years in the selected schools for assessment of nutritional status. 3. Willingness of children identified to be malnourished to participate in the nutrition intervention program. 4. Obtaining consent from parents of children identified to be malnourished and an assent from the children for periodic counselling and assessment of nutritional status including estimation of serum hemoglobin using a HemoCue prick method before and after the intervention.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Schools which do not give permission. 2. School children below the age of 10 and above the age of 15 years. 3. Non-willingness of either the child or parent to participate. 4. Children suffering from any chronic health issues.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Assessment of triple burden of malnutritionTimepoint: current- on assessment day	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Change in nutritional statusTimepoint: 6 months follow up	—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Gowri Ramesh

Womens Christian College, Chennai

gowram@gmail.com9962525136

Outcome results