A Study to Assess Level of Malnutrition Among Under Five Children Attending OPD of Selected Hospital

Background: Malnutrition is the most severe consequence of food insecurity amongst children under the age of 5 years. Objectives: To identify the level of malnutrition among under-five aged children. Methods: An explorative survey research design was used to assess the level of malnutrition among under-five aged children. A nonprobability purposive sampling technique was used to select 200 samples for the data collection, as per the prescribed criteria. An observation checklist of malnutrition (According to IAP classification) was used to assess the malnutrition of under-five aged children. Reliability was checked by using the Result: Study result shows that 15% of the under-five aged children had Grade I and IV malnutrition and 65% of them had Grade IV malnutrition. Since all the p-values were small (less than 0.05). None of the demographic variables was found to have a significant association with malnutrition among under-five aged children. Conclusion:- The findings of the present study showed 65% under-five aged children had Grade IV malnutrition.