Manuscript Number : GISRRJ203346

Dietary Habits of Adolescent Girls Residing in Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya of Chandauli District, Uttar Pradesh

Authors(2) :-Nandita Bharti, Archana Chakravarty

Nutritious diet is essential for all stage of life. It determines the growth and development and also prevent from some diseases. Adolescent is a significant period, Nutrient intake during this period is most important because exceptionally rapid rate of growth and development. So, the health and nutrition of adolescent can affect by their dietary habits. In the present study has been assess the dietary habits of the students of residential school of Chandauli district because school meal provides an opportunity to enhance dietary intake and nutritional status of adolescent girls in Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya (KGBV) residential school. this is a cross-sectional study with 277 sample size of nine KGBV, age group 11-17 years. It is observed that 31.8% and 22.6% of respondents skipping some time dinner and breakfast respectively. Only 2.1% were avoiding to take lunch in a day some time. The present study has been concluded that 70.4% of girls were in habits skip their food item for some time and 98.0% & 97.0% of girls were consuming iron and calcium less than respective RDA which certainly affect the nutritional status of the girls.

Authors and Affiliations

Nandita Bharti
Research Scholar, Department of Home science (Food and Nutrition), MMV, BHU, Varanasi
Archana Chakravarty
Retired Professor& Ex-head, Department of Home science (Food and Nutrition), MMV

Dietary habits, skip meal, nutritional status, adolescence.

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Publication Details

Published in : Volume 5 | Issue 1 | January-February 2022
Date of Publication : 2022-02-07
License:  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) : 149-155
Manuscript Number : GISRRJ203346
Publisher : Technoscience Academy

ISSN : 2582-0095

Cite This Article :

Nandita Bharti, Archana Chakravarty , "Dietary Habits of Adolescent Girls Residing in Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya of Chandauli District, Uttar Pradesh", Gyanshauryam, International Scientific Refereed Research Journal (GISRRJ), ISSN : 2582-0095, Volume 5, Issue 1, pp.149-155, January-February.2022
URL : https://gisrrj.com/GISRRJ203346

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