IAHRW International Journal of Social Sciences Review

Sunita Negi ¹, Bina Saklani ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Anthropology, H.N.B.G.U Central University, Srinagar Garhwal, Uttarakhand, IN

Abstract

The research paper presented is based on the availability of nutrition and nutritious food in which a comparative study of urban and rural women has been done, due to the hard work, women do not pay attention to their diet and rural women also after the animal husbandry Producers do not accept product, which is the main source of protein. In addition to this, financial status, geographical conditions and education and superstition prevailing from ancient time towards food in society affect female nutrition. The need for nutrition in women increases most during pregnancy because the fetus fulfills its nutritional requirements with pregnancy. In the absence of nutrition, women and child health is being affected. Rural women are not taking adequate amounts of protein, vitamins, iron, and calcium sources, fruits, vegetables, milk curd, meat ova, pulses, in which there is anemia, frequency of miscarriage and infant mortality rates in women.

Keywords

Female Education, Abortion, Infant Mortality, Nutrition and Diet.

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