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N. Rema ¹, G. Vasanthamani ¹

Affiliations
1 Dept. of Food Service Management and Dietetics, Avinashilingam Deemed University, Coimbatore–43, TN, IN

Abstract

The prevalence of both nutritional as well as lifestyle disorders is common among children as quoted by the World Health Organization (2010) and we studied this in both urban and rural areas of Coimbatore city. The students were selected from 5 schools each of Matriculation, Corporation and Panchayat in the age group of 6-15 years. Background information of the 2180 students from Matriculation schools, 2122 students from Corporation and 1870 from Panchayat schools was obtained using an interview schedule. Nutritional deficiencies among children were recorded using the physical signs and symptoms. Lifestyle disorders, particularly the prevalence of hypertension was observed among the students by measurement of systolic and diastolic blood pressures. Anthropometric measurements like height, weight, mid upper arm circumference were done using standardized procedures. It could be deciphered from the anthropometric measurements that 8.44% of boys and 7.43% of girls from Matriculation schools were obese, while in Corporation schools, 5.73% boys and 4.45 % girls and in Panchayat schools 2.65% boys and 1.59% girls were found to be obese. Common nutritional deficiencies identified among the students include anemia prevalent among 24.22% boys and 21.54% girls in Matriculation schools while it was 35.43% boys and 46% girls in the Corporation schools and 34.4% boys and 41.92% girls from Panchayat schools among the pre-adolescent group. Among the adolescents, 47.11% boys and 66.82% girls in Matriculation schools, 64.65% boys and 69.52% girls in Corporation schools and 58.67% boys and 67.5% girls in Panchayat schools had anemia. Other common nutritional deficiencies identified were vitamin A and skin infections. Thus, the extremities of obesity as well as underweight and nutritional deficiencies are prevalent among the school going children. The common lifestyle disorders prevalent among the children were obesity and hypertension.

Keywords

Obesity, Underweight, School Going Children, Nutritional Deficiencies, Life Style Disorders, Anthropometry

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G. Vasanthamani ¹, P. Lincy ¹

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1 Department of Food Service Management and Dietetics, Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, IN

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Adolescence is one of the most exciting yet challenging periods in human development.Adolescents aged between 10 to 19 years account for more than 1/6^th of World's population and 22 per cent of the Indian population, ie, 230 million Indians are adolescents in the age group of 10 to 19 years'. Iron requirements are increased during adolescence for the deposition of lean body mass, increase in red cells volume and to support iron lost during menstruation among females. Increased needs for iron, combined with low in take of dietary iron, places adolescent females at risk for iron deficiency and anaemia.

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G. Vasanthamani ¹, M. Julie Benitha ¹

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1 Department of Food Service Management and Dietetics, Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore - 641 043, Tamil Nadu, IN

Abstract

Cancer has become a major cause of death in the last 20 years. Although the disease has been regarded principally as a problem of the developed world, more than half of all cancers occur in the developing countries. Cancer prevalence in India is estimated to be around 2.5 million with over 8,00,000 new cases and 5,50,000 death occurring each year in the country.

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G. Vasanthamani ¹, D. Anuradha ¹

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1 Department of Food Service Management and Dietetics, Avinashilingam Deemed University for Women, Coimbatore - 641 043, IN

Abstract

Athletics and sports receive increasing global attention today and the importance of good nutrition for effective performance is now taking its rightful place in the training programme of many athletics in the world. Although various studies regarding the interactions between nutrition and various forms of sports and exercise were carried out for more than 100 years, it is only within the past few decades that extensive research has been undertaken regarding specific recommendation to athletes.

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G. Vasanthamani ¹, A. Daisy Rani ¹

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1 Department of Food Service Management and Dietetics, Avinashilingam University for Women, Coimbatore- 641 043, IN

Abstract

Children contribute to the vital human potential and impart strength to the national economy and development. Better the nutritional status of the children, higher will be the nation's growth. Nutrition in childhood is the basis for survival and good health in adulthood.

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G. Vasanthamani ¹, R. E. Durga Devi ¹

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1 Department of Food Service Management and Dietetics, Avinashilingam University for Women, Coimbatore - 641043, IN

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Anaemia is more commonly prevalent among adolescents, preschool children, pregnant and lactating mothers. Anaemia among adolescents have gained more importance, as they are the most crucial segment of the population, whose well being influences the future generation as today's young girls are future mothers.

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S. Thilakavathy ¹, G. Vasanthamani ¹, T. Ajiba ¹

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1 Department of Food Service Management and Dietetics, Avinanshlingam University For Women, Coimbatore-641 043, IN

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Diabetes meilitus is the universal problem affecting human societies at all stages of development. It is one of the leading causes of death and it ranks third among the chronic diseases. Around 150 million people suffer from diabetes in the world out of which above 35 millions are Indians.

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G. Vasanthamani ¹, N. Rekha ¹

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1 Department of Food Service Management and Dietetics, Avinashilingam University for Women, Coimbatore - 641 043, IN

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Health is basic pre condition for happiness and progress in life of an individual as well as community. Quality health care is the life line for the growth of any nation. The metabolic disease we know today as diabetes mellitus is ever growing and the prevalence is increasing day by day.

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G. Vasanthamani ¹, N. Rema ¹

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1 Department of Food Service Management and Dietetics, Avinashilingam Deemed University, Coimbatore - 641 043, IN

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"Let food be your medicine and medicine your food", said Hippocrates about 2500 years ago. This aptly holds good at the present age when mankind is ravished with diseases related to dietary irregularities that are taking a toll on the human race. The effective management of noncommunicable diseases which exhibit a higher morbidity and mortality pattern is the need of the hour.

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P. Parvathi Easwaran ¹, Vidhya Krishnamurthy ¹, S. Aumelu Mangai ¹, G. Vasanthamani ¹

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1 Department of Food Service Management and Dietetics, Avinashilingam University, Coimbatore - 641 043, IN

Abstract

Throughout the twenty first century the health science focussed primarily on curing diseases with powerful drugs, more sophisticated diagnostic tests and more effective therapies. Today the emphasis is on health expectancy rather than life expectancy. Coronary heart disease is becoming an important cause of morbidity in India. Diet plays a very important role in increasing the blood lipids. Patients can improve lipid levels and decrease the rate of cardiovascular events by "adding" specific foods to their diets like fruits and vegetables that are rich in antioxidant vitamins like E, C and carotenoids. Vitamins E and C have proved to be potent antioxidants protecting lipids in plasma against oxidation. The present study thus aims at finding out the effect of synthetic and dietary antioxidants on lipid profile in hyperlipidemics. The specific objectives are to : study the socio-economic status, life style pattern and BMI of selected hyperlipidemic subjects and study their mean food intake and administer antioxidant Vitamins E and C and assess their impact.

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G. Vasanthamani ¹, D. Savita ¹

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1 Department of Food Service Management and Dietetics, Avinashilingam University, Coimbatore - 641 043, IN

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The world cannot remain half healthy and half sick and still maintain its economic, moral and spiritual equilibrium for, good health is the bedrock on which social progress is built. Disease, decay and death are the natural law of nature which cannot be avoided but can only be delayed. Non-communicable diseases take an enormous toll on lives and health worldwide than communicable disease and it has been pointed out by the World Health Organisation that nearly 60 per cent of deaths globally are now due to diseases like cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, diabetes mellitus, hereditary ailments and the mental and neurological disease.

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G. Vasanthamani ¹, R. Vijayalakshmi ¹, P. Parvathi Easwaran ¹

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1 Department of Food Service Management and Dietetics, Avinashilingam University, Coimbatore - 641 043, IN

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In India, vegetable oils are the main sources of dietary fat. The country has a wide range of edible oil sources namely, groundnut, mustard, rapeseed, coconut, sunflower and sesame.

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G. Vasanthamani ¹, P. Parvathi Easwaran ¹

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1 Department of Food Service Management and Dietetics, Avinashilingam University, Coimbatore - 641 043, IN

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Progress in technological development, industrialisation and economic conditions have in addition to increasing the standard of living of people, created changes in food habits and life styles leading to health problems. The health problems that parallel economic development are largely those of chronic diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, diabetes mellitus and cancer. All over the world, cardio vascular diseases (CVD) are now, recognised as one of the main causes of death in adults. Most cases of CVD result from narrowing of arteries due to fatty deposits called plaques. When a coronary artery is completely blocked, the result is a heart attack. Hyperlipidemia has been shown to be a major risk factor. Dietary excess of five specific food factors possibly implicated in hyperlipidemia are cholesterol, saturated fats, carbohydrates, total calories and alcohol. Among the dietary factors, the most important are the nature and quality of fat, type of fat and cholesterol intake.

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G. Vasanthamani

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Book Review Title:

* Fatty Acids in Foods and their Health Implications.

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Charul Krishnakumar ¹, G. Vasanthamani ¹

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1 Department of Food Service Management and Dietetics, Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Deemed University, Coimbatore - 641 043, IN

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Coronary heart disease has become one of the major leading causes of morbidity and mortality in India. Biomedical research all over the world is directed towards the prevention of heart disease at an early stage itself. Attempts are being made to define living habits that might be associated with an increased risk. One of them is successive saturated fat consumption. Studies evaluating the effect of oils rich in mono and polyunsaturated fatty acids are limited. This study is an effort to evaluate the effect of unsaturated fatty acids on the blood lipid profile of hyperlipidemics.

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G. Vasanthamani ¹, Y. Sushmitha ¹

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1 Department of Food Service Management and Dietetics, Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Deemed University, Coimbatore-641 043, IN

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In the industrialised countries, the incidence of urinary stone is increasing progressively. Literature indicates that the occurrence of urinary stones dates back to antiquity. Evidence of renal calculi has been found in recent exploration of Egyptian tombs dated from 8000 B.C. Urinary calculi consists of a nucleus of organic material around which salts are deposited in concentric layers, which are bound together by a colloidal matrix of organic matter. Calcium oxalate calculi of kidney is a common clinical problem. Population studies show that one in 1000 people pass a calcium oxalate calculus each year and that one in three cases of symptomatic calculi necessitates admission to the hospital.

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G. Vasanthamani

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Book Review Title:

* Food Additive Toxicology.

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G. Vasanthamani ¹, R. Latha ¹

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1 Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Deemed University, Coimbatore - 641 043, IN

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Industrial workers constitute a vital segment of our population in view of their significant contribution to the national income. In India the worker population constitute 31.43 crores of which the main working population consists of 28 to 54 crores of agricultural workers, labourers and industrial workers.

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Usha Chandrasekhar ¹, G. Vasanthamani ¹, Anooja K. Thomas ¹

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1 Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Deemed University, Coimbatore - 641 043, IN

Abstract

A child who is in a state of good Health will be happy active, creative, alert and bright. Health and happiness are the outcomes of good nutrition. The aim of infant feeding is a happy growing child. Weaning is an important milestone in a babys' life. Weaning practices that are followed depend on the knowledge, beliefs, attitude and envircnment of the mother.

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G. Vasanthamani

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The book entitled, "Trace Minerals in Foods'' edited by Kenneth T. Smith is an attempt to pull together information from a number of scientists with diverse backgrounds. There have been significant advances in the field of trace elements, not only in the discipline of nutrition, but in the related fields like biochemistry, physiology, pharmacology, medicine, chemistry, microbiology and toxicology.

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Rajammal P. Devadas ¹, G. Vasanthamani ¹, N. Bhooma ¹, N. Indra ¹

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1 Sri Avinashilingam Home Science College for Women, Coimbatore-641 011, IN

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The synergistic action between malnutrition and infection is well known. The connection between infectious disease and malnutrition is close and pernicious. Malnutrition lowers resistance to infection and infectious diseases exaggerate the effects of malnutrition.

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Rajammal P. Devadas ¹, Usha Chandrasekar ¹, G. Vasanthamani ¹, V. Gayathri ¹

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1 Sri Avinashilingam Home Science College for Women, Coimbatore-641011, IN

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Malnutrition among children poses a great challenge to national development. Among the many steps taken to ameliorate malnutrition, developing acceptable high protein recipes at minimal cost is a crucial need. In recent years, cultivation of sunflower has emerged as a promising effort and sunflower meal offers new source of protein of good biological quality. Chandrasekhar and Kanjana, have reported about the potentials of sunflower in combination with maize or roasted Bengal gram flour for human dietaries. In the present investigation an attempt has been made to further enhance the nutritive value of the combination of sunflower meal, maize and roasted Bengal gram flour with sesame meal and test its efficacy in promoting growth and retaining nitrogen in school children.

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Rajammal P. Devadas ¹, Usha Chandrasekhar ¹, G. Vasanthamani ¹

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1 Sri Avinashilingam Home Science College for Women, Coimbatore- 41011, IN

Abstract

Nutrition education is the only means for bringing about an awareness in the individual or community of the need for nutritional improvement. It is the first step toward improving the food habits.

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A. Ananthalakshmi ¹, G. Vasanthamani ²

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1 Queen Mary’s College, Chennai – 600004, Tamil Nadu, IN
2 Department of FSMD, Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore – 641043, Tamil Nadu, IN

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A food based approach would be a practical solution in addressing the poor performance and nutritional anemia which could provide immediate relief to our budding sports persons belonging to low income category. Formulation and standardization of pregame supplements utilizing locally available, low cost ingredients utilizing indigenous methods of preparations would pave path for the enhancement of performance capabilities of athletes. Hence an attempt was made to formulate and standardize pregame supplements.

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