Maternal and Pediatric Nutrition
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Paediatrics BLK Super Specialty Hospital, New Delhi, India

Biography

Jasjit Singh Bhasin is a Sr. Consultant & HOD in Pediatric Department at BLK Super Speciality Hospital, New Delhi and the President of Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP), Delhi. He has 34 years of experience in Pediatric field. He completed MBBS from University of Delhi in 1980 and MD - Pediatrics from G B Pant Hospital/Moulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi in 1984. He is a member of Indian Medical Association (IMA) and Indian Academy of Paediatrics (IAP). His speciality interest are childhood asthma, nutrition and growth, infectious diseases.

Publications

• Research Article   
  "Effectiveness of Nutritional Supplement in Growth and Development of Children aged 2-12 years "
  Author(s): Chetan Mehndiratta*, Jasjit Singh Bhasin, Vaman Khadilkar, IPS Kochar, Uday Pai, Guatam Mittal, Prashant Sanskar and Tanmay Agrawal
  
  Objective: Post marketing study to determine the effect of 6 months consumption of nutritional supplement on growth and development of children aged 2-12 years. Background: Young children in India suffer from some of the highest levels of stunting, underweight, and wasting observed in any country in the world. The levels of over-nutrition are also on a rise. Prevention of child malnutrition require diets providing adequate energy and essential nutrients to promote catch-up growth, strengthen resistance to infection, and support normal mental, physical and metabolic development. Methods: This is an observational randomized controlled arm study, where anoral nutritional supplement is given to 776 children, aged 2-12 years, for 6 months along with normal diet. Anthropometric parameters (height, weight and BMI) are assesse.. View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2472-1182.21.6.126

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