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In this publication, specialists in human growth and nutritional studies present a total of thirteen well-postulated research articles to acquaint the readers some extensive studies on growth and nutritional issues of several ethnic groups of Northeast India. The compilation features with an abundance of materials and wide-ranging analysis which is extremely thought-provoking, useful and will be accepted as a valuable collection to enhance the understanding and serve the interest of biological anthropologists, nutritionists, pediatricians, besides other social scientists, and policy makers and anyone with a concern about the population groups of Northeast India.   

Contents: 1. Overweight and Obesity among the Adult Population in Northeast India/Premananda Bharati, Manoranjan Pal and Susmita Bharati. 2. Physical Growth and Nutritional Status among the Children of Northeast India/Dali Dutta and Sarthak Sengupta. 3. Age-Related Changes in the Anthropometric and Body Composition Characteristics of the Garo Women of Kamrup District, Assam/Gulrukh Begum and Flora Rabha. 4. Nutritional Status and Prevalence of Anemia in Two Communities of Cachar District in Assam, India/A. F. Gulenur Islam Barbhuiya and Rekha Das. 5. Physical Growth Assessment among Indigenous Karbi Children of Assam, India: Comparison of WHO, CDC, and NHANES Growth References/Nitish Mondal, Harbamon Rongpi.and Kaushik Bose. 6. Nutritional Status among the Adult Dibongiya Deori Women of Lakhimpur District, Assam/Juri Borah and Sarthak Sengupta. 7. Determinants of Overweight and Obesity among Meitei Males of Manipur/Maibam Samson Singh. 8. Growth Pattern and Nutritional Status among the Urban Meitei Girls of Imphal Valley, Manipur/R. K. Neeta Devi. 9. A Study of Nutritional Status among the Biate Boys of East Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya/Johnsly Wells Dkhar and Kenneth Darnei. 10. Body Mass Index in Relation to Socio-economic Factors among the Hmars of Northeast India/Temsutola Maken and L. Robert Varte. 11. Growth, Nutrition, and Physical Activity: An Anthropological Study among the Ao Naga Children from Nagaland, Northeast India/Temsumongla Longkumer. 12. Anthropometric Profile and Nutritional Status of an Elderly Tribal Population in Northeast India/S. Khamu and B.T. Langstieh. 13. Association of Red Meat Consumption with Diabetes and Hyperglycaemia among the Urban Bhutia of Sikkim, India/Sovanjan Sarkar. Index.