Title: A DESCRIPTIVE CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY TO ASSESS PREVALENCE OF MAL-NUTRITION IN CHILDREN UNDER FIVE YEARS AGE IN RURAL COMMUNITY BIKANER, RAJASTHAN
Abstract: Background: Malnutrition among children below five years continues to be one of India major human development challenges. In spite of tremendous economic progress made in the last two to three decades.
 Methods: The study was cross-sectional hospital based study. Under five year children with sample size of 500 was taken for study.
 Results: All three parameters of malnutrition i.e. wasting, underweight and stunting were more common in males than females. It was found thatthere was very significant and highly significant difference with regard to underweight and stunting respectively between male and female children but no significant gender difference was found for wasting
 Conclusions: Majority of under five children were malnourished and malnutrition common in males than females.
 Keywords: Malnutrition, Wasting, Stunting, Underweight, Children