Knowledge amongst adolescent girls about nutritive value of foods and diet during diseases, pregnancy and lactation. |
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Authors: | U Kapil S Bhasin S Manocha |
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Institution: | Human Nutrition Unit, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. |
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Abstract: | Knowledge about nutritive value of food, diet during diseases and antenatal and postnatal period was assessed amongst 152 adolescent school girls. A total of 23.69 and 55.93% students had incorrect knowledge that pulses and non-vegetarian foods should be avoided during later half of the pregnancy. A total of 63.82, 66.45 and 71.72% of subjects had incorrect knowledge that almonds have more nutritive value than groundnuts, fruits are rich sources of calories and desi ghee has more nutritive value than vanaspathi, respectively. Majority (90.78%) had correct knowledge that obesity is caused due to excess intake of calories than required by an individual and low iron content and poor availability of iron from food is a major cause of anemia in mothers and children. |
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