JP Journal of Biostatistics © 2016 Pushpa Publishing House, Allahabad, India Published: December 2016 http://dx.doi.org/10.17654/BO013020195 Volume 13, Number 2, 2016, Pages 195-208 ISSN: 0973-5143 Received: April 25, 2016; Revised: June 16, 2016; Accepted: June 27, 2016 Keywords and phrases: slum kids, malnutrition, health and hygiene, dietary practices, pilot study, developing country. Communicated by Karan P. Singh DIETARY PRACTICES, HEALTH STATUS AND HYGIENE OBSERVANCE OF SLUM KIDS: A PILOT STUDY IN AN ASIAN DEVELOPING COUNTRY Azizur Rahman 1 , Md. Abdul Hakim 2 , Mohammad Abu Hanif 3 , Md. Rafiqul Islam 4 and Md. Kamruzzaman 5 1 School of Computing and Mathematics Charles Sturt University Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia 2 School of Food Technology and Nutritional Science Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University Tangail, Bangladesh 3 School of Surgery Tangail Medical College Hospital Tangail, Bangladesh 4 School of Management National University Gazipur, Bangladesh 5 School of Victimology and Retrospective Justice University of Dhaka Dhaka, Bangladesh