Thinness (BMI-for-age) is a major underlying problem among children and adolescents in the developing countries including India. Anthropometry is widely important in the nutritional assessment. So the cross section study was conducted to assess the nutritional status among Naga children and adolescent (aged 11 to 18 Years) of Mon District, Nagaland, India. Total 129 participants were anthropometrically measured through standard techniques. The thinness based nutritional status was evaluated using Cole at el., (2000) classification.
The study resulted that the prevalence of thinness among the study children and adolescent was only 14.7% while maximum were reported normal. The prevalence of under nutrition was found higher (19.6%) among the children (11-13 years) than adolescent (11.5%) Konyak Naga. The nutritional status of participant was significantly correlated with the mother occupation.
Finally the study concluded that the maximum Konyak Children and adolescent were found normal than the under nutrition.
