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Objective: To investigate the nutritional status diet, which may be their family's economic status. and caloric consumption of school going children Girls had less caloric input against their having anemic feature and effect of heavy metal requirements as compared to boys, although (Lead) in low status family using the contaminated controls were found to have good caloric input water. against their requirements. High levels of lead Methodology: The study has been conducted were found according to the WHO standards in among the school going children of Hyderabad, students who used ground water for drinking Pakistan. The nutritional status of school children purpose. was examined through measuring their caloric Conclusion: Both girls and boys had low input against recommended daily allowance nutritional intake. Students who used ground (RDA) by Harris-Benedict Equation for Basal water for drinking purpose had higher lead Energy Expenditure. The toxic metal was concentrations that shows heavy metal a n a l y z e d o n A t o m i c A b s o r p t i o n contamination through ground water. (Rawal Med spectrophotometer. J 201;43:337-340). Results: Students were found mildly under Keywords: Tap water, ground water, nutritional nourished their caloric input was low as status, RDA, calories.

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Abdul Aziz Shaikh, Shaista Khan, Junaid Ali Thebo, Nehwish Lohdi, Ashfaque Ahmed Korejo, Muhammad Hassan Khaskheli, Mazahar Iqbal Khaskheli. (2018) Nutritional status and caloric consumption of school going children of Hyderabad having anemic features, , Volume-43, Issue-2.
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