Volume : 4, Issue : 11, November - 2015

Dietary intake in adolescents of Hajipur village, a rural area of Katihar, Bihar India: A cross-sectional study

Shahin, Mohd Haroon Khan, Khushboo Juneja, Mohammad Makhmoor Alam

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;The present population based study was conducted at Hajipur village, a rural field practice area of Department of Community Medicine, Katihar Medical College, Katihar, Bihar. The aim of study was to assess dietary intake among adolescents. 400 adolescents (213 boys and 187 girls) were selected. Systematic random sampling technique was used. Data collected was entered in Microsoft Office Excel and analysed by using SPSS version 20.0.Percentages, and Chi Square Test used. The average energy consumption(kcal), protein and iron is very low to Recommended Dietary Allowances (ICMR-2010).The average daily intake of energy in boys and girls was 1924.1&plusmn;249.97,1692.05&plusmn;166.62 respectively, the percentage adequacy in boys and girls was to be found 74.86% and77.97% to Recommended Dietary Allowances, the average daily intake of protein was 43.96&plusmn;7.1 and 43.17&plusmn;5.1 and iron was19.33&plusmn;2.81and 16.16&plusmn;3.62 in boys and girls respectively, the percentage adequacy of protein was to be found 81.52% and 85.14%, in boys and girls and in iron was 78.89%, 64% respectively. The percentage of anaemia was 14.5% and 40.5% in vegetarian and non-vegeterian respectively</p>