Assessment of nutritional status of a community is important for understanding their health condition. Nutritional status of a community is dependent on both biological and socio-cultural factors of the society. Moreover, the nutritional status within the community may vary by age and sex. This paper is an attempt to study the nutritional status of adult Mishings of flood affected areas of Lakhimpur district, Assam and its relationship with other social variables. The sample of the study consists of 957 adult Mishings, out of which 470 are males and 487 are females in the age range of 20 years and above. Anthropometric measurements of stature, body weight, waist circumference and hip circumference are used to assess nutritional status. Body mass index (BMI) and waist hip ratio (WHR) are calculated and classified according to World Health Organization, 2008 cut off for the Asian population. Data have been collected during the month of October 2015 to December 2016.

Results: – The nutritional status shows that the prevalence of overweight is high in both males (44.59%) and females (35.59%). According to body mass index, 49.57% adult male Mishings and 55.65% females are nutritionally normal. Chronic energy deficiency (CED) is very low among adult Mishings (male 5.53% and female 9.03%). Abdominal obesity according to waist hip ratio is higher among females (80.49%) than males (60.43%). The prevalence of abdominal obesity is higher among middle age adults and elderly in comparison to the young adults.