Nutritional Status of Students in Statistics Department of Rajshahi University
CHAPTER ONE
Perspective of Study
1.1 Introduction
Bangladesh has one of the highest malnutrition rates among women and children in the world. Malnutrition has serious implication for the productivity as well as overall development of the country because micronutrients are essential for growth, protection from infections, cognitive function and for performing physical work.
“Under nutrition contributes to dysfunctional societies with individuals too weak, too vulnerable to disease and too lacking in physical energy to carry out the extraordinarily laborious tasks of escaping the poverty trap. Malnutrition and hunger feed directly into ill health and poverty…”
(SCN, 2004)
Bangladesh is located in the northeastern part of South Asia and covers an area of 147,570 square kilometers. It is almost entirely surrounded by India, except for a short southeastern frontier with Myanmar and a southern coastline on the Bay of Bengal. It lays between latitudes
20° 34 and 26° 38 north and longitudes 88° 01 and 92° 41east, and it has a tropical climate. The climate of Bangladesh is dominated by seasonal monsoons. The country experiences a hot summer season with high humidity from March to June; a somewhat cooler, but still hot and humid monsoon season from July through early October; and a cool, dry winter from November to the end of February. The fertile delta is subject to frequent natural calamities, such as floods, cyclones, tidal bores, and drought.
Bangladesh is still struggling to emerge from poverty. Bangladesh ranks 93rd among 108 developing countries on the Human Poverty Index (HPI) (UNDP, 2007). The HPI is a multidimensional measure of poverty for developing countries; it takes into account social exclusion, lack of economic opportunities, and deprivations in survival, livelihood, and knowledge. Bangladesh is one of the most densely populated countries in the world, with more than 10000 people per sq km. One quarter of the population lives in
Perspective of Study
1.1 Introduction
Bangladesh has one of the highest malnutrition rates among women and children in the world. Malnutrition has serious implication for the productivity as well as overall development of the country because micronutrients are essential for growth, protection from infections, cognitive function and for performing physical work.
“Under nutrition contributes to dysfunctional societies with individuals too weak, too vulnerable to disease and too lacking in physical energy to carry out the extraordinarily laborious tasks of escaping the poverty trap. Malnutrition and hunger feed directly into ill health and poverty…”
(SCN, 2004)
Bangladesh is located in the northeastern part of South Asia and covers an area of 147,570 square kilometers. It is almost entirely surrounded by India, except for a short southeastern frontier with Myanmar and a southern coastline on the Bay of Bengal. It lays between latitudes
20° 34 and 26° 38 north and longitudes 88° 01 and 92° 41east, and it has a tropical climate. The climate of Bangladesh is dominated by seasonal monsoons. The country experiences a hot summer season with high humidity from March to June; a somewhat cooler, but still hot and humid monsoon season from July through early October; and a cool, dry winter from November to the end of February. The fertile delta is subject to frequent natural calamities, such as floods, cyclones, tidal bores, and drought.
Bangladesh is still struggling to emerge from poverty. Bangladesh ranks 93rd among 108 developing countries on the Human Poverty Index (HPI) (UNDP, 2007). The HPI is a multidimensional measure of poverty for developing countries; it takes into account social exclusion, lack of economic opportunities, and deprivations in survival, livelihood, and knowledge. Bangladesh is one of the most densely populated countries in the world, with more than 10000 people per sq km. One quarter of the population lives in
References: • Schneider, Mary Jane (2006): Introduction to Public Health, Gaithersburg, Maryland. • Frankenberger et al, 1993, mentioned as “Measuring Nutritional Dimensions of Food