Asha Arora ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Food Science, College of Agriculture, Jawaharlal Nehru Agricultural University, Gwalior-474 002, IN

Abstract

Malnutrition is highiy prevalent in our country. The magnitude and extent of undernutrition varies from region to region, depending upon the availability of food resources and employment opportunities. Nutrition and diet survey conducted in India point out poor nutritional status of people in different states.

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Asha Kawatra ¹, C. M. Bhat ¹, Asha Arora ¹, Amrit Paul Kaur ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Foods and Nutrition, Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, IN

Abstract

The impact the dietary fibre has on human physiological activities and food properties has attracted much attention from health professionals and food scientists. From the biomedical point of view, dietary fibre acts like a sponge, binding water, nutrient, bile acid as it passes along the gastrointestinal tract which is its primary site of action.

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