Subal Das

Nutritional Profile of Santal and Bauri Preschoolers of Puruliya Subal Das

Homo sapiens sapiens is the scientific name of modern human with diversified biological and social variation among the same species. From the beginning of human origin biology and culture ruin parallel to its present form. Freedman (1976) has defined nutritional anthropology as ?the study of the interrelationship between diet and culture and their mutual influence upon one another?. Nutritional status is the present body status, of a person or a population, related to their state of nourishment (the consumption and utilization of nutrients). The nutritional status is a major, modifiable and powerful element in promoting health, preventing and treating diseases and improving the quality of life. The nutritional status of a community is the sum of the nutritional status of the individual who form that community. The main objective of a ?comprehensive? nutritional survey is to obtain precise information on the prevalence and geographic distribution of nutritional problem of a given community, and identification of individuals or population groups ?at risk? or in greatest need of assistance. Anthropometric measurements play a very important role in the assessment of nutrition in human