Dr. N. Arlappa, currently Head and Scientist-G in the Division of Public Health Nutrition at ICMR-NIN, has 27 years of research experience in public health nutrition. He completed his MBBS from Gandhi Medical College, Osmania University, Hyderabad, and his MD in Community Medicine from Mamata Medical College, Khammam, NTR University of Health Sciences, Vijayawada. Dr. Arlappa's research focuses on assessing the nutritional status of rural, tribal, and urban populations, particularly in terms of food and nutrient intakes, anthropometry, clinical assessment for micronutrient deficiencies (vitamin A, iron, and iodine), and diet-related non-communicable diseases (NCDs). He has completed around 35 research studies, published over 100 scientific papers in national and international peer- reviewed journals, and authored 12 book chapters. His work has garnered significant recognition, evidenced by more than 37,000 citations, an i-10 index of 78 and an h-Index of 42.

1. Arlappa N. Dismantling five decades of public health policy with spurious interpretation of a single study may relapse nutritional blindness among vulnerable children in India. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2023 Jan;77(1):140-141.
2. Arlalppa N. Vitamin A supplementation policy: A shift from universal to geographical targeted approach in India considered detrimental to health and nutritional status of under 5 years children. Eur J Clin Nutr . 2022 Mar 28;1-6.
3. Arlappa N. Sample size covered for serum vitamin A is not nationally representative: data are not suggestive for Targeted Vitamin A Supplementation Programme in India. The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2021; 113(6): 1708–1709.
4. Arlappa N. Discontinuing five decades of vitamin A supplementation policy in India without valid scientific evidence: A step in Haste. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2024 Apr;78(4):362-363.
5. Arlappa N. “Keratomalacia: A Case Report from North India”. EC Nutrition 6 (2022): 23-27.
6. Arlappa N, Ashok DS, Dheeraja BS, Jaleel A. Prevalence of Vitamin A and D Deficiencies in Children Under Five in South Asia and Africa: A Narrative Review. Int J Nutr Sci. 2024; 9(2): 1091.
7. Jaleel A, Saha SB, Arlappa N*, Banerjee M, Chaudhuri SN, Mondal M, Sreeramakrishna K, Babu R. Nutritional Status of Children Under Five Years in the Slums of West Bengal, India: A Cross-Sectional Study on Prevalence, Characteristics, and Determinants. Nutrients. 2025 Feb 28;17(5):853. IF: 4.8.
8. Sunu PV, Jaleel A, Neeraja G, Jayalakshmi G, Narasimhulu D, Senthilkumar B, Santhoshkumar T, Sreeramakrishna K, Arlappa N*. Diet and Nutritional Status of Women of Reproductive Age (15-49 Years) in Indigenous Communities of Attappady, Kerala, India. Nutrients. 2024 Aug 14;16(16):2698.
9. NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 3663 population-representative studies with 222 million children, adolescents, and adults. Lancet. 2024 Mar 16;403(10431):1027-1050.
10. Jaleel A, Arlappa N*, Ramakrishna KS, et al. Examining the Triple Burden of Malnutrition: Insights from a Community-Based Comprehensive Nutrition Survey among Indigenous Tribal Children (0-19 Years) in the Western Ghats Hills of India. Nutrients. 2023;15(18):3995.
11. Meshram II, Balakrishna N, Bhaskar V, Laxmaiah A, Brahmam GNV, Arlappa N. Trends in body mass index, nutrient intake and nutritional status of rural adults in India: National Nutrition Monitoring Bureau survey findings (1975-2012). BMC Public Health. 2025;25(1):2929. Published 2025 Aug 26.
12. Kumar A, Ahluwalia K, Edathil AP, Sankar R, Arlappa N, Nair S, Duggal M, Joe W. (2025). Cost-effectiveness of oil and milk fortification by scale for reducing Vitamin A and Vitamin D deficiency in India. PLoS One. 2025;20(9): e0331790. Published 2025 Sep 8.
13. Jaleel A, Chukkala SGS, Sriswan R, Panda H, Singnale P, Meshram II, Avula L, Hariharan GN, Arlappa N and Gavaravarapu SM (2025). Cultivating nutrition: exploring participants’ perspectives on nutrition gardens and nutrition education program in rural Tamil Nadu and Odisha, India. Front. Sustain. Food Syst. 9:1502711.
14. Preethi V, Hemalatha V, Arlappa N, Thomas MB, Jaleel A. Trends and predictors of severe and moderate anaemia among children aged 6-59 months in India: an analysis of three rounds of National Family Health Survey (NFHS) data. BMC Public Health. 2024 Oct 14;24(1):2824.
15. NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Worldwide trends in diabetes prevalence and treatment from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 1108 population- representative studies with 141 million participants. Lancet. 2024 Nov 12: S0140- 6736(24)02317-1. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)02317-1. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39549716.
16. NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). General and abdominal adiposity and hypertension in eight world regions: a pooled analysis of 837 population-based studies with 7·5 million participants. Lancet. 2024 Aug 31;404(10455):851-863.
17. P Sanghamithra, N Arlappa, N Balakrishna, M Seshacharyulu. (2023). Vitamin A status of Rural Pregnant Women in a Southern Indian Backward District. International Journal of Nutrition Research and Health, BRS Publishers. 2(1); DOI: 10.59657/2871-6021.brs.23.002
18. Lara-Castor L, Micha R, Cudhea F, et al. Sugar-sweetened beverage intakes among adults between 1990 and 2018 in 185 countries. Nat Commun. 2023;14(1):5957.
19. Miller V, Webb P, Cudhea F, et al. Children's and adolescents' rising animal-source food intakes in 1990-2018 were impacted by age, region, parental education and urbanicity. Nat Food. 2023;4(4):305-319.
20. NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Global variation in diabetes diagnosis and prevalence based on fasting glucose and hemoglobin A1c. Nat Med. 2023;29(11):2885-2901.
21. O'Hearn M, Lara-Castor L, Cudhea F, Miller V, Reedy J, Shi P, Zhang J, Wong JB, Economos CD, Micha R, Mozaffarian D; Global Dietary Database. Incident type 2 diabetes attributable to suboptimal diet in 184 countries. Nat Med. 2023 Apr;29(4):982-995.
22. NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Diminishing benefits of urban living for children and adolescents' growth and development. Nature. 2023;615(7954):874-883.
23. Duggal M, Sesikeran B, Arlappa N, Nair S, Shekhar V, Sabharwal V. Large-scale staple food fortification as a complementary strategy to address vitamin and mineral vulnerabilities in India: A critical review. Indian J Public Health. 2022 Jul-Sep;66(3):313-320.
24. Sinha RK, Kumar P, Daniel A, Shah H, Sriswan R, Kokane A, Mohapatra A, Kashyap V, Goel AK, Kumar V, Kiran A, Arlappa N, Joshi A, Nayak RR, Sayal S, de Wagt A. Association between anthropometric criteria and body composition among children aged 6-59 months with severe acute malnutrition: a cross-sectional assessment from India. BMC Nutr. 2022 Jun 23;8(1):56.
25. Prabhat N, Arlappa N, Qureshi A, Ravikimar BP, Balakrishna N. Correlation between the self-reported and measured weight, height and self perceived nutritional status among Indian students of medical profession. J Clin Rev Case Rep, 2022 March 10; 7 (3): 28-36.
26. Prabhat N,Sarika G, Arlappa N. Anthropometric diagnosis of 6-59 months Children with Severe Acute Malnutrition: Weight for Height-Z scores Versus Mid Upper Arm Circumference. Current Research in Public Health, 2022, 1, 40-48.
27. Miller V, Webb P, Cudhea F, et al. Global dietary quality in 185 countries from 1990 to 2018 show wide differences by nation, age, education, and urbanicity. Nat Food. 2022;3(9):694-702.
28. Laxmaiah A, Rao NM, Arlappa N, et al. SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in the city of Hyderabad, India in early 2021. IJID Reg. 2022;2:1-7.
29. NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants [published correction appears in Lancet. 2022 Feb 5;399(10324):520.
30. Prashant Mathur, Vaitheeswaran Kulothungan, Sravya Leburu, Anand Krishnan et al. National noncommunicable disease monitoring survey (NNMS) in India: Estimating risk factor prevalence in adult population. PLoS One. 2021; 16(3): e0246712. Published online 2021 Mar 2.
31. Reshma N, Arlappa N, Arunakumari T,Balakrishna N. Association between mother’s literacy and Infant & Young Child Feeding (IYCF) practices and nutritional status of urban under 5 year children. Asian Journal of Pediatric Research. 2021;7(1):29-35. (Corresponding Author).
32. Kumar P , Sinha RK, Abner Daniel, Hemang H,Sriswan R, Kokane A, Mohapatra A, Kashyap V, Goel AK, Kumar V, Asha Kiran, N Arlappa et al. Effectiveness of community-based treatment programs for treatment of uncomplicated severe acute malnourished children aged 6–59 months using locally produced nutrient dense foods: protocol for a multicentric longitudinal quasi-experimental study. BMC Nutr. 2021 Dec 15;7(1):85.
33. Prashant Mathur, Vaitheeswaran Kulothungan, Sravya Leburu, Anand Krishnan et al. Baseline risk factor prevalence among adolescents aged 15–17 years old: findings from National Non-communicable Disease Monitoring Survey (NNMS) of India. BMJ Open. 2021; 11(6): e044066. Published online 2021 Jun 29.
34. Anand Krishnan, Prashant Mathur, Vaitheeswaran Kulothungan et al. Preparedness of primary and secondary health facilities in India to address major noncommunicable diseases: results of a National Non-Communicable Disease Monitoring Survey (NNMS). BMC Health Serv Res. 2021; 21: 757. Published online 2021 Jul 31.
35. NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Heterogeneous contributions of change in population distribution of body mass index to change in obesity and underweight. Elife. 2021;10:e60060.
36. Murhekar MV, Bhatnagar T, Selvaraju S, Saravanakumar V, et al. SARS-CoV-2 antibody seroprevalence in India, August-September, 2020: findings from the second nationwide household sero survey. Lancet Glob Health. 2021 Jan 27:S2214-109X(20)30544-1. (Multi-Author Publication).
37. Murhekar MV, Bhatnagar T, Thangaraj JWV, et al. Seroprevalence of IgG antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 among the general population and healthcare workers in India, June-July 2021: A population-based cross-sectional study. PLoS Med. 2021;18(12):e1003877.
38. NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Height and body-mass index trajectories of school-aged children and adolescents from 1985 to 2019 in 200 countries and territories: a pooled analysis of 2181 population-based studies with 65 million participants. 2020 Nov 7; 396(10261):1511-1524. (Multi-Author Publication).
39. NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Repositioning of the global epicentre of non-optimal cholesterol. 2020 June; 582:73-94. (Multi-Author Publication).
40. Madhari RS, Boddula S, Ravindranadh P, Jyrwa YW, Boiroju NK, Pullakhandam R, Mamidi RS, Nimmathota Arlappa, Kulkarni B, Thingnganing L. Matern Child Nutr. 2020 Dec; 16 Suppl 3(Suppl 3):e13065.
41. Praveen Kumar, Raja Sriswan Mamidi, N Arlappa, Khyati Tiwari, Shivani Rohatgi, G Sarika, Dripta Roy Choudhury, Jaga Jeevan Babu Geddam and R Hemalatha. Development and use of alternative nutrient-dense foods for management of acute malnutrition in India. Field Exchange issue 63, October 2020. P 53-56.
42. India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative CGF Collaborators. Mapping of variations in child stunting, wasting and underweight within the states of India: the Global Burden of Disease Study 2000-2017. EClinical Medicine. 12 May 2020. 22:100317. doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2020.100317. (Multi-Author Publication)
43. India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative Malnutrition Collaborators. The Burden of Child and Maternal Malnutrition and Trends in Its Indicators in the States of India: The Global Burden of Disease Study 1990-2017. Lancet Child Adolesc Health. 2019 Dec;3(12):855-870. doi: 10.1016/S2352-4642(19)30273-1. (Multi-Author Publication)
44. Joe W, Rajpal S, Kim R, Laxmaiah A, Harikumar R, Arlappa N, Meshram I, Balakrishna N, Radhika M, Swaminathan S, Subramanian SV. Association Between Anthropometric-Based and Food-Based Nutritional Failure Among Children in India, 2015. Matern Child Nutr. 2019 Oct;15(4):e12830. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12830.
45. Sharma S, Arlappa N, Balakrishna N, Misra A, Laxmaiah A. Validation of APLS, Argall and Luscombe Formulae for Estimating Weight among Indian Children. Indian J Pediatr. Indian J Pediatr. 2019 Jul;86(7):648-650. doi: 10.1007/s12098-019-02913-8.
46. Hari Kumar R, Khandare A, Laxmaiah A, Meshram I, Arlappa N, Validandi V, Venkaiah K, Amrutha Rao P, Sunu PV, Bhaskar V, Toteja GS. Prolonged Consumption of Grass Pea (64 g/Cu/day) Along With Millets and Other Cereals Causes No Neurolathyrism. Nutr Neurosci. 2019 Jul 22:1-8. doi: 10.1080/1028415X.2019.1642641.
47. NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Rising Rural Body-Mass Index Is the Main Driver of the Global Obesity Epidemic in Adults .Nature. 2019 May; 569(7755):260-264. doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1171. (Multi-Author Publication)
48. Meshram II, Mallikharjun Rao K, Balakrishna N, Harikumar R, Arlappa N, Sreeramakrishna K, Laxmaiah A. Infant and young child feeding practices, sociodemographic factors and their association with nutritional status of children aged <3 years in India: findings of the National Nutrition Monitoring Bureau survey, 2011-2012. Public Health Nutr. 2019 Jan;22(1):104-114.
49. Majumder S, Arlappa N, Palla S, Vadakattu SS. A Preliminary Study on Prevalence of Non-Communicable Diseases and their Association with Physical activity among the Urban Geriatric Population. Indian J Comm Health. 2019; 31, 1: 10-15.
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50. Vadakattu SS, Ponday LR, Nimmathota Arlappa, Nagalla B, Kondru DS, Undrajavarapu P, Banavath BR, Kommula SR, Punjal R, Palla S. Prevalence of Nutritional Anemia and Hyperhomocysteinemia in Urban Elderly. Indian J Clin Biochem. 2019 Jul; 34(3):330-335. doi: 10.1007/s12291-018-0756-8.
51. Khandare AL, Kumar RH, Meshram II, Arlappa N, Laxmaiah A, Venkaiah K, Rao PA, Validandi V, Toteja GS. Current scenario of consumption of Lathyrus sativus and lathyrism in three districts of Chhattisgarh State, India. Toxicon. 2018; 150:228-234.
52. Suryanarayana P, Arlappa N, Sai Santhosh V, Balakrishna N et al. Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and its associated factors among the urban elderly population in Hyderabad metropolitan city, South India. Ann Hum Biol. 2018 Mar;45(2):133-139. (Corresponding Author).
53. Palla Suryanarayana, Vadakattu Sai Santhosh, Nimmathota Arlappa, Undrajavarapu Prasad, Banavath Bhoja Raju, Bhaskar Varanasi. Nutritional status and self-reported morbidity pattern of urban elderly in Hyderabad city: A preliminary study. Indian J Comm Health. 2018; 30, 4: 361-367.
54. NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Contributions of mean and shape of blood pressure distribution to worldwide trends and variations in raised blood pressure: a pooled analysis of 1018 population-based measurement studies with 88.6 million participants. Int J Epidemiol. 2018 Mar 19. doi: 10.1093/ije/dyy016. [Epub ahead of print] (Multi-Author Publication).
55. Yadla M, Sailaja S, Ahmed N, Uppin M, Arlappa N. An unusual case of insecticide poisoning presenting as acute kidney injury. Send to Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl. 2017 Nov-Dec;28(6):1432-1434.
56. Sneha M, Arlappa N, Suryanarayana P, Balakrishna N, and Santosh VS. Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome among Urban Older Adults of Hyderabad Metropolitan City in South India. J Nutr Obes.2017 1: 101 (Corresponding Author).
57. NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015: a pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19·1 million participants. Lancet. 2017 Jan 7; 389(10064):37-55.(Multi-Author Publication).
58. NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults. Lancet. 2017;390(10113):2627-2642.
59. Sneha M, Arlappa N, Suryanarayana P, Balakrishna N, and Santosh VS. Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome among Urban Older Adults of Hyderabad Metropolitan City in South India. J Nutr Obes.2017 1: 101 (Corresponding Author).
60. Anderson I, Robson B, Connolly M, Al-Yaman F, Bjertness E, King A, Tynan M...Nimmathota Arlappa. Indigenous and tribal peoples' health (The Lancet-Lowitja Institute Global Collaboration): a population study. Lancet. 2016 Jul 9; 388(10040):131-57. (Multi-Author Publication).
61. NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). A Century of trends in Adult Human Height. 2016 Jul 26;5. pii: e13410. doi: 10.7554/eLife.13410. (Multi-Author Publication).
62. NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Trends in adult body-mass index in 200 countries from 1975 to 2014: a pooled analysis of 1698 population-based measurement studies with 19·2 million participants. Lancet. 2016 Apr 2;387(10026):1377-96. (Multi-Author Publication).
63. NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Worldwide trends in diabetes since 1980: a pooled analysis of 751 population-based studies with 4.4 million participants. Lancet. 2016 Apr 9; 387(10027):1513-30.(Multi-Author Publication). 
64. Arlappa N, Balakrishna N, Laxmaiah A, Brahmam GNV. Vitamin A Deficiency Disorders Among The Rural Pre-School Children Of South India. Int J Nutrition 2016 Feb; 2(1):8-18.
65. Arlappa N, Qureshi IA,Ravi Kumar BP,Balakrishna N. Qureshi MA. Arm Span as An Alternative To Standing Height For Calculation Of Body Mass Index (BMI) Amongst Older Adults. . Int J Nutrition 2016 Mar; 2(1):12-24.
66. Sinha N, Bhattacharya A, Pradeep Ranjan P,Deshmukn PR, Panja TK, Yasmin S, Arlappa N.Metabolic syndrome among elderly care-home residents in southern India: a cross-sectional study. WHO South-East Asia J Public Health 2016; 5(1): 62–69.
67. Arlappa N, Balakrishna N, Kokku SB, Hari Kumar R, Mallikarjuna Rao K, Ravindranth M, Sharad K, Ramakrishna KS, Laxmaiah A, Brahmam GNV. Diet andNutritional Status of the Elderly in Rural India. Journal of Ageing Research And Healthcare .2016;1 (1):36-48. DOI: 10.14302/issn.2474-7785.jarh-16-1157.
68. Arlappa N, Qureshi IA, Ravikumar BP, Balakrishna N, Qureshi MA. Arm spanas an alternative to standing height for calculation of body mass index (BMI) amongst older adults. Int J Nutrition.2016;2 (1):12-24. DOI: 10.14302/issn.2379-7835.ijn-15-903.
69. Arlappa N, Balakrishna N, Hari Kumar R, Meshram II, Mallikarjuna Rao K, Sharad K, Ravindranth M, Manohar Reddy G, Laxmaiah A. Magnitude of multiple micro-nutrient malnutrition among the rural children in India. Int J Nutr Food Sci.2016; 6(3):39.
70. Meshram II, Balakrishna N, Sreeramakrishna K, Rao KM, Kumar RH,Arlappa N, Manohar G, Reddy CG, Ravindranath M, Kumar SS, Brahmam G, Laxmaiah A. Trends in nutritional status and nutrient intakes and correlates of overweight/obesity among rural adult women (≥18-60 years) in India: National Nutrition Monitoring Bureau (NNMB) national surveys. Public Health Nutr. 2015 Aug 7:1-10. [Epub ahead of print]. 2016 Apr;19(5):767-776.
71. NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC). Effects of diabetes definition on global surveillance of diabetes prevalence and diagnosis: a pooled analysis of 96 population-based studies with 331,288 participants. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2015 Aug; 3(8):624-37. doi: 10.1016/S2213-8587(15)00129-1.(Multi-Author Publication ).
72. Arlappa N, Balakrishna N, Laxmaiah A, Brahmam GNV. Ocular Manifestations Of Vitamin A Deficiency Among The Rural Pre-School Children Of North India. J Ophthalmic Sciences. 2015 Dec; 1(2):1-11.
73. Venkaiah K, Kokku SB, Arlappa N, Mallikharjun Rao K, Gal Reddy Ch, Kumar S, Ravindranath M, Laxmaiah A, Brahmam GNV. Impact of Chronic Drought on Nutritional Status of the Community in Drought affected areas in India. Indian J Comm Health. 2015; 27, 4: 478-484.
74. Ihtesham A. Qureshi, Rohit Kumar Gudepu, Ravikanth Chava, Sravya Emmani, Syed Husain Asghar, Mohtashim A. Qureshi, Nimmathota Arlappa. Case Report: Gollop-Wolfgang Complex in a 5 month old baby. Version 3. F1000Res.2014; 3: 315. Published online 2015 (Corresponding author). 
75. Sivaprasad M, Shalini T, Balakrishna N, Sudarshan M, Lopamudra P,Suryanarayana P,  Arlappa N, Ravikumar BP, Radhika MS, Reddy GB. Status of Vitamin B12 and Folate among the Urban Adult Population in South India. Ann Nutr Metab. 2016;68(2):94-102. doi: 10.1159/000442677. Epub 2015 Dec 15.
76. Laxmaiah A, Meshram II,Arlappa N, Balakrishna N, Rao KM, Reddy ChG, Ravindranath M, Kumar S, Kumar H, Brahmam GN. Socio-economic & demographic determinants of hypertension & knowledge, practices & risk behaviour of tribals in India. Indian J Med Res. 2015 May; 141(5):697-708.
77. Mondal R, Biswas T, Ravi Kumar BP, Arlappa N, Chatterjee C, Majumder A. Nutritional Status of Rural Govt. Primary School Children in Khammam District, Andhra Pradesh, India. Int J Med and Dent Sci 2015; 4(2):818-827.
78. Arjun L Khandare, Yathapu Srinivasa Reddy, Nagalla Balakrishna, Gourineni Shankar Rao, Taduri Gangadhar,Nimmathota Arlappa. Role of drinking water with high Silica and Strontium in Chronic Kidney Disease: An Exploratory community based study in an Indian village. Ind J Comm Health. 2015; 
79. Arlappa N, Meshram II, Balakrishna N, Hari Kumar R, Rao KM,Laxmaiah A. Prevalence of Anaemia among different physiological groups in the rural of Maharashtra,India. Indian J.Comm Health. 2014; 26(3):278-28
80. Arlappa N, Laxmaiah A, Balakrishna N, Hari Kumar R, Mallikarjuna Rao K, Brahmam GNV. Prevalance of hypertension and its relationship with adiposity among rural elderly population in India. Int J Clin Cordiol 2014; 1.003.
81. Qureshi IA, Arlappa N, Qureshi MA. Prevalence of malaria and anaemia among pregnant women residing in malaria endemic forest villages in India. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2014; 127(1):93. Corresponding Author.
82. Meshram II,Balakrishna N, Arlappa N,  Mallikharjun Rao K, Laxmaiah A, Brahmam GNV. Prevalence of Under-nutrition, its correlates and seasonal variation among Tribal pre-school Children of Odisha State, India. Asia Pac J Public Health. 2014 Sep; 26(5):470-80.
83. Laxmaiah A,Balakrishna N,  Arlappa N, Meshram II,Harikumar R Mallikarjun Rao K. Trend in consumption of fats and oils among India tribal population over a period of 30 years: Findings of National Nutrition Monitoring Bureau surveys. Indian J.Comm Health.  2014; 26(S1):75-82.
84. Meshram II, Laxmaiah A, Mallikarjun Rao K, Arlappa N, Balakrishna N, Gal Reddy Ch, Ravindranath M, Sharad Kumar S, Brahmam GNV. Prevalence of hypertension and its correlates among adult tribal population (≥20 years) of Maharashtra State, India. J Health Science Research. 2014; 4:130-39.
85. Arlappa N. Vitamin A deficiency control measures: Importance of vitamin A supplementation as a public health policy in Indian context. Journal of Public Health Policy.2013 Nov; 34(4):538-48.
86. Arlappa N, Aatif Qureshi I, Srinivas R. Fluorosis in India: An overview. Int J Res 2013 Apri. 1(2): 97-102.
87. Laxmaiah A,Arlappa N Balakrishna N,  Mallikarjun Rao K, Gal Reddy Ch, Ravindranath M, Sharad Kumar S, Brahmam GN. Prevalence and determinants of micronutrient deficiencies among rural children of 8 states in India. Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism. 2013; 62:229-239.
88. Saeed Akhtar, Tariq Ismail ,Sunethra Atukorala, Arlappa. Micronutrient deficiencies in South Asia-current status and strategies. Trends in Food Science and Technology. 2013; 31:55-62.
89. Akhtar S, Ahmed A, Randhawa MA, Atukorala S,Arlappa N, Ismail T, Ali Z. Prevalence of vitamin A deficiency in South Asia: causes, outcomes, and possible remedies. J Health Popul Nutr. 2013 Dec; 31(4):413-23.
90. Shankar Reddy Dudla, Arlappa N. An Updated Prasad’s Socio Economic Status Classification for 2013.International Journal of Research & Development of Health. 06/2013; 1(2):26-28.
91. Rao KM, Arlappa N, Radhika MS, Balakrishna N ,Laxmaiah A,Brahmam GNV. Correlation of fat Mass Index and Fat-free Mass Index with percentage body fat and their association with hypertension among urban South Indian adult men and women. Annals of Human Biology. 2012; 39 (1):54-58.
92. Meshram II,Arlappa N, Balakrishna N, Laxmaiah A, Mallikarjun Rao K, Gal Reddy C, Ravindranath M, Sharad Kumar S, Brahmam GN. Prevalence and Determinants of Undernutrition and its Trends among Pre-School Tribal Children of Maharashtra State, India. J Trop Pediatr.E-Pub 2011 May 4. 2012; 58(2):125-32.
93. Laxmaiah A, Nair MK,Arlappa N, Raghu P, Balakrishna N, Mallikharjuna Rao K, Galreddy C, Kumar S, Ravindranath M, Vikas Rao V, Brahmam GN.Prevalence of ocular signs and subclinical vitamin A deficiency and its determinants among rural pre-school children in India. Public Health Nutr. 2012; 15(4):568-77.
94. Meshram II,Arlappa N, Balakrishna N., Mallikharjun Rao K, Laxmaiah A, Brahmam GNV. Trends in the prevalence of undernutrition, nutrient & food intake and predictors of undernutrition among under five year tribal children in India. Asia Pac J Clin Nutr, 2012; 21 (4):568-576.
95. Meshram II,Arlappa N, Balakrishna N, Mallikharjun Rao K, Laxmaiah A, Brahmam GNV. Prevalence of hypertension, its correlates and awareness among adult tribal population (≥20 years) of Kerala State, India. J Postgrad Med, 2012; 58 (4):253-259.
96. Arlappa N, Balakrishna N, Laxmaia book chapters in the last 10 yearsh A, Brahmam GN. Prevalence of Anaemia among rural pre-school children of Maharashtra,India. Indian J.Comm Health. 2012; 24(1):4-
97. Arlappa N, Laxmaiah A, Balakrishna N, Harikumar R, Kodavanti MR, Gal Reddy Ch, Saradkumar S, Ravindranath M, Brahmam GNV. Micronutrient deficiency disorders among the rural children of West Bengal, India. Ann Hum Biol. 2011; 38(3):281-9.
98. Arlappa N, Venkaiah, Brahmam GNV. Severe drought and the vitamin A status of rural pre-school children in India . Disasters. 2011; 35(3):577-586.
99. Arlappa N, N Balakrishna, A Laxmaiah, K Madhavan Nair, GNV Brahmam. Prevalence of Clinical and Sub-clinical Vitamin A Deficiency among Rural Pre-   school Children of West Bengal, Indi Indian Pediatrics. 2011; 48: 47-49.
100. Arlappa N and Ravi Kumar BP. Relevance of continuation of Vitamin A supplementation progamme in India. Indian Pediatrics. 2011; 48:246-247.
101. Arlappa N, Balakrishna N, Laxmaiah A, Raghu P, Vikas, Madhavan Nair K, Brahmam GNV. Prevalence of vitamin A deficiency and its determinants among rural pre-school children of Madhya Pradesh, India. Ann Hum Biol. 2011; 38(2):131-6.
102. book chapters in the last 10 years Arlappa N. Vitamin A deficiency is still a public health problem in India. Editorial. Indian Pediatrics. 2011; 48:853-854..
103. Arlappa N, Balakrishna N, Laxmaiah A, Brahmam GNV. Prevalence of anaemia among rural pre-school children of West Bengal, India. Ann Hum Biol. 2010; 37(2):231-242.
104. Arlappa N, Laxmaiah A, Balakrishna N, Brahmam GN. Consumption pattern of pulses, vegetables and nutrients among rural population in India. African Journal of Food Science. 2010; 4(10):666-675.
105. Mallikharjuna Rao K, Balakrishna N, Arlappa N, Laxmaiah A Brahmam GNV. Diet and Nutritional status of women in India.Hum.Ecology.2010; 29(3):165-170.
106. Arlappa N,Mallikarjuna Rao, K. Venkaiah, G.N.V.Brahmam. "Nutritional parameters and chronic energy deficiency in Older Adults of Desert Areas of Western Rajasthan, India”. J Nutr Elderly. 2009; 28 (1): 61-71.
107. Arlappa N, Venkaiah, K.Mallikarjuna Rao, Galreddy Ch, Sharad Kumar, Ravindranath, M , G.N.V.Brahmam. Prevalence of Chronic Energy Deficiency in Rural-Dwelling Older Indian Adults during a Period of Severe Drought. J Nutr Elderly. 2009; 28 (1): 301-302.
108. Arlappa N, Laxmaiah A, Balakrishna N, Harikumar R, Brahmam GNV. Clinical and sub-clinical vitamin A deficiency among rural pre-school children of Maharashtra, India. Annals of Human Biology. 2008; 35 (6): 606-614.
109. Arlappa N, Balakrishna N, Laxmaiah A Brahmam GNV.”Pattern of Indigenous Vegetables and Legumes Consumption in Rural India”. Proceedings of the 1^st International Conference on “Indigenous Vegetables and Legumes-Prospectus for Fighting Poverty, Hunger and Malnutrition”. Acta Horticulturae (ISHS), Number 752, September 2007.
110. Laxmaiah .A, Mallikharjuna Rao .K, Hari Kumar .R, Arlappa .N, Venkaiah .K, and Brahmam .G.N.V. Diet and Nutritional status of Tribal population in ITDA project area of Khammam District, Andhra Pradesh.Hum.Ecology.2007; 21(2):79-86.
111. Arlappa, N.Balakrishna, G.N.V.Brahmam, K.Vijayaraghavan. "Nutritional status of the Tribal elderly in India". Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly. 2005; 25 (2):25-39.
112. Arlappa, N.Balakrishna, Sharad Kumar, G.N.V.Brahmam, K.Vijayaraghavan. "Diet and Nutritional status of elderly in Rural India". Journal of Nutrition for the Elderly. 2003; 22 (4):35-52.

 

Abstracts Published in Peer-reviewed & Impact factor journals 

1. Arlappa N, Laxmaiah A, Balakrishna N, Hari Kumar R, Mallikarjuna Rao K, Galreddy Ch, Sharad Kumar, Ravindranath M, Brahmam GNV. Prevalence of abdominal obesity and its relationship Hypertension among rural Elderly in India. 2010; 18(2): S222.
2. Arlappa N, Balakrishna N, Laxmaiah A, Hari Kumar R, Mallikarjuna Rao K, Galreddy Ch, Sharad Kumar, Ravindranath M, Brahmam GNV.Prevalence Anaemia among rural Pre-school children in India. Pediatrics Therapeut.2012.2 (6).http:dx.doi.org/10.4172/2161/-0665.S1.003.
3. Balakrishna N, Arlappa N, Laxmaiah A, Galreddy Ch, Brahmam GNV. Association between Anthropometric Measurements and Hypertension-A study among rural Elderly in India. Annals of Nutrition & Metabolism.Vol.51 (suppl 1), 2007.
4. Balakrishna N, Arlappa N, II.Meshram, K. Mallikarjun Rao, Laxmaiah A. Trends in percent contribution of carbohydrates, proteins and fats to energy intakes and its association with body mass index categories. Ann Nutr Metab 2013; 63 (spple 1):1-1960.
5. Laxmaiah A, Arlappa N, II.Meshram, Balakrishna N K. Mallikarjun Rao et al. Trends in diet and nutritional status of rural and tribal population in India: A longitudinal national nutrition and its association with body mass index categories. Ann Nutr Metab 2013; 63 (spple 1):1-1960.
6. Laxmaiah A, Arlappa N, II.Meshram, Balakrishna N K. Mallikarjun Rao et al. Socio-demographic patterns of hypertension, knowledge, behaviours and practices of adult tribal (Adivasi) population in India: A first National Monitoring survey. Ann Nutr Metab 2013; 63 (spple 1):1-1960.