01951nas a2200361   4500000000100000008004100001260001300042653001500055653001000070653002200080653002800102653001100130653001100141653001100152653001000163653001200173653000900185653002400194653002300218653001700241653002100258100001100279700001200290700001900302700001400321700001100335700002000346245010900366300001000475490000700485520108300492022001401575       1990                            d  c1990 Jun10aAdolescent10aChild10aChild Development10aCross-Sectional Studies10aFemale10aGrowth10aHumans10aIndia10aleprosy10aMale10aNutrition Disorders10aNutritional Status10aRisk Factors10aUrban Population1 aSaha K1 aRao K N1 aChattopadhya D1 aLakshmi V1 aGadi S1 aDutta Banik N D00aA study on nutrition, growth and development of a high-risk group of children of urban leprosy patients.  a471-90 v443 a<p>This paper describes a cross-sectional study of the physical development of a high-risk group of 182 socially deprived healthy children of leprosy patients ranging from preschool age to early teens. They were rescued at the age of 4 years from the distress of leprosy colonies where they were born, and brought up in Government Homes (Preventorium) under better environmental conditions. Of them 135 children could be followed clinically for 10 years for the development of childhood leprosy. Another 94 children of leprosy patients living with their parents were included for comparison. A group of 158 normal children of similar economic status and age group were included as controls. It was observed that, although better environment, food and training were provided in the Preventorium, so that the children could be brought into the national mainstream, nevertheless 5 children developed an indeterminate type of leprosy during the course of 10 years. This is the first report of growth and development of children of leprosy patients from the Indian sub-continent.</p>  a0954-3007