en عمومى General پژوهشي Research <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><span style="line-height:14.0pt"><b><span style="color:#24a3a0">Background and Objective:</span></b> Social class, hygiene, and feeding behavior determine the status of nutrition in children during the first 1000 days of life. This study aimed to evaluate the association of the above factors with the need for admission to nutrition rehabilitation center.</span><br> <span style="line-height:14.0pt"><b><span style="color:#24a3a0"><span style="letter-spacing:.2pt">Methods:</span></span></b> <span style="letter-spacing:.2pt">This prospective study was conducted in the Nutritional Rehabilitation Center (NRC) of a secondary care center from April 2019 to March 2020. Convenience sampling was applied for the selection of study participants. Information about all the children suffering from severe acute malnutrition (SAM) was collected and documented, such as age, gender, social class, hand washing habits, breastfeeding, age of starting complementary feeding, anthropometry, and medical complications.</span></span><br> <span style="line-height:14.0pt"><b><span style="color:#24a3a0">Findings:</span></b> During the study period, 398 children with SAM were admitted to NRC. Moreover, 71.86% (n=286) of children were from 7 to 24 months and 88.43%<br> (n= 352) of the children belonged to the families with upper/lower and lower socioeconomic status. Poor hand washing habits were seen in 36.18% (n=144) of families. The mean weight gain per child during a hospital stay was 8.3 gm/kg/day.</span><br> <b><span style="line-height:107%"><span style="color:#24a3a0">Conclusion:</span></span></b> <span style="line-height:107%">Inadequate complementary feeding practices and poor hygiene are the most common preventable causes leading to malnutrition and the majority of admissions to the NRC occurring before the age of two years.</span></span></span></div> Child, Feeding Behavior, Hygiene, Malnutrition, Social Class 624 632 http://caspianjp.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-195-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Bhushan Bande drbhushanbande@gmail.com 10031947532846004129 10031947532846004129 No Paediatric Specialist (NRC Incharge), District Hospital Khandwa (MP), India Garima Agrawal Varshney drgari.agr@gmail.com 10031947532846004130 10031947532846004130 No Associate Professor, Department of Paediatrics, Government Medical College, Khandwa, India Shruti Gupta shrutidr29@gmail.com 10031947532846004131 10031947532846004131 No Junior Resident, Department of Paediatrics, Government Medical College, Khandwa, India Amit Agrawal agrawaldramit@yahoo.co.in 10031947532846004132 10031947532846004132 Yes Associate Professor, Department of Paediatrics, Gandhi Medical College, Bhopal, India Soumitra Sethia Sethia drsoumitrasethia@gmail.com 10031947532846004133 10031947532846004133 No Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Khandwa, India Pramila Verma drpramilav@yahoo.com 10031947532846004134 10031947532846004134 No Professor, Department of Paediatrics, Government Medical College, Khandwa, India