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To the Editor: I read with interest the research article on nutritional status published online in Indian Journal of Pediatrics [1]. Although an observational study, the authors deserve appreciation for bringing up data from North East India. However, I have certain queries:
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What scale was used to measure socio-economic class?
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WHO recommends use of country specific growth charts for children between 5 and 18 y [2]. So, what is the rationality of comparing new IAP growth charts with WHO standards?
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“The over diagnosis of undernutrition and under diagnosis of overnutrition may be avoided by using the new IAP growth charts” – from what observation such conclusion was drawn?
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Sarkar SR, Sil SK. Nutritional status of rural Bengali adolescent boys of Tripura. Indian J Pediatr. 2015. doi:10.1007/s12098-015-1856-6.
Khadilkar V, Yadav S, Agrawal KK, et al; Indian Academy of Pediatrics Growth Charts Committee. Revised IAP growth charts for height, weight and body mass index for 5- to 18-year-old Indian children. Indian Pediatr. 2015;52:47–55.
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Roy, M.P. Nutritional Status of Rural Bengali Adolescent Boys of Tripura: Correspondence . Indian J Pediatr 83, 1057 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12098-016-2032-3
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