Volume : 6, Issue : 6, June - 2017

ASSESS BODY MASS INDEX AND RECOMMENDED DIETARY ALLOWANCE IN PRE ADULTHOOD STUDENTS

Roma Patel, Mr. Rajesh Joseph, Mr. Nirmal Raj E. V.

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;<b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">AIMS AND OBJECTIVE :</span></b><span style="text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">A&nbsp; study to assess body mass index and recommended dietary allowance in pre adulthood studying in a selected nursing college vadodara.<b>1.</b></span><span style="text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">Determine the body mass index and recommended daily allowance in pre adulthood studying in a selected nursing college.</span><b style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">2.</span></b><span style="text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">Co-relate the body mass index with recommended daily allowance of pre adulthood.<b>3</b></span><span style="text-align: justify; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;">Find out association between body mass index and selected demographic variables in pre adulthood studying in a selected nursing college. <b>BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY </b>BMI =body mass index was originally framed by Adolphe Quetelet, a Belgium mathematician and scientist, between 1830 and 1850 .Adolphe was the first person to think of reliable, it is only one tool that physicians use in evaluating a person&rsquo;s health status. . then the categorize that person as under&nbsp; weight, normal weight, over weight, or obese on that value. We can find the BMI by using the formula : BMI=WEIGHT in kg/ HEIGHT in cm2.&nbsp;&nbsp; The food and nutrition board subsequently revised the RDAs every five to ten years. in the early 1950s. USDA nutritionists made a new set of guidance that also included the&nbsp; number of servings of each food group to make it easier for people to receive their RDAs of each&nbsp; nutrient. In 1997, at the suggestion of the institute of medicine of the national academy, RDA become one part of a oader set of dietary charts and guideline .<b>METHODOLOGY </b>Co-relation research approach was used in the study to assess the BMI &amp; RDA in pre adulthood students .the investigator adopted non probability convenience sampling technique. sample size was 130 pre adulthood nursing students. <b>RESULT: </b>The analysis carried out in demographic variables majority findings the female 87.69 %,vegetarian diet 61.54%, income 20000 above 51..53% and no habit of exercises was 63.08%. it was found there was a correlation between BMI &amp; RDA . The karl persons positive co-relation coefficient r = 0.7. then help of the fisher test found the diet and income was significant at 0.05 level with df=1. And gender and habit of exercises non significant at the level of 0.05 with df =1. Fisher exact test overall&nbsp; no significance. <b>CONCLUSION :</b>The study was assess the BMI &amp; RDA in preadulthood students ,followed&nbsp; by the standardized BMI chart and self modified RDA chart. Sample was done according to inclusion criteria. The result were analyzed by using both descriptive and inferential statistics.&nbsp;</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;line-height:200%"><span style="font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif;"><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>