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Social Correlates of Malnutrition in a Silicosis Prone District

Author(s) Ms. Sumana Ghosh Chowdhury, Dr. Pinaki Sensarma, Mr. Shayma Prasad Mukhopdhay
Country India
Abstract Mohammed Bazar is one of the community development block in the district of Birbhum. The Government of West Bengal has notfied it as a silicosis-affected block. It is one of the affected area with fluorides in drinking water A cross sectional sstudy shows evidence of malnutrition among children who are attending anganwadi centere.
Logistic regression shows that higher meal frequency and fruit/vegetable intake significantly reduce junk food consumption (OR 0.60, p = 0.02). Older children (8–10 years) consume more meals and healthier foods, while younger groups are more vulnerable to junk food. Qualitative interviews highlight parental indifference, poor nutrition education, and limited supervision of hygiene practices. Parents often dismiss dietary diversification due to poverty, cultural inertia, and limited agricultural variety, despite local availability of nutrient-rich crops like drumsticks, papaya, and guava.
Thematic analysis underscores a cycle of vulnerability: poverty and poor parental involvement limit dietary diversity; fluoride and silica exposures worsen health outcomes; malnutrition amplifies susceptibility to both. Addressing nutrition alone is insufficient—interventions must integrate water safety, dust control, parental education, and agricultural diversification to break this cycle.

Conclusion
There is a link between malnutrition. Envoirment pollution due to the presence of respirable crystalline fragments in air and fluorides in drinking water. It is different from direct acylic graph. determinants, requiring holistic, multi-sectoral public health strategies
Keywords Malnutrition, flurosis, parental lack of interest, Respirable Crystalline Fragments
Field Medical / Pharmacy
Published In Volume 8, Issue 3, May-June 2026
Published On 2026-05-08
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2026.v08i03.76585
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