Author(s): L. SOPHIE AND S. K. ACHARYA

Abstract: Across the world, the problem of malnutrition has been perceived as the most dangerous and menacing factor towards ensuring a decent and secure livelihood. The problem of malnutrition has got social, political, technical and motivational dimensions as well. Education being the basic driving force for any economy and process per se, the school going children need to be focussed and attended comprehensively so that they can grow up themselves as healthy citizens having belligerent mind and body. The available research findings on child nutrition has proved that nutrition is basically a complex phenomenon and cannot be managed in a single intervention. Accordingly the present study was conceptualised with an aim to identify the correlates of school going children\'s calorie consumption and nutritional level. The nutrition has been conceived as a composite configuration of food intake, calorie intake, high value food intake, sanitation and total calorie consumption. The study was conducted at Champhai district of Mizoram. It depicts that the predictor variables like age, training, family size, subsidiary income, parents education, crop yield, etc. have become predominant factors in making a discernable difference between high and low level of nutrition status among the respondents..

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