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.
BT - European journal of clinical nutrition C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2387282?dopt=Abstract DA - 1990 Jun IS - 6 J2 - Eur J Clin Nutr LA - eng N2 -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.
PY - 1990 SP - 471 EP - 9 T2 - European journal of clinical nutrition TI - A study on nutrition, growth and development of a high-risk group of children of urban leprosy patients. VL - 44 SN - 0954-3007 ER -