Regina Sundararaj ¹

Affiliations
1 Women's Christian College, Madras-6, IN

Abstract

Surveys of the diets of adults have been done by several workers. However, there have been fewer surveys on the diets of preschool children who form a large and vulnerable group of the population, prone to the more severe forms of nutritional deficiencies.

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Regina Sundararaj ¹

Affiliations
1 Women's Christian College, Madras, Tamil Nadu, IN

Abstract

The Indian Council of Medical Research has recommended different methods of conducting diet surveys^. Of these, the weighment and the interview-questionnaire methods are widely used.

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Regina Sundararaj ¹, Sheila Jones ¹, Sheila M. Pereira ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Nutrition Research, Christian Medical College & Hospital, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, IN

Abstract

In surveys of the dietary intakes of families, consumption coefficients are applied to obtain the individual intakes of men, women and children on the assumption that the food available to the members of the family is shared out among them according to age and sex.

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Regina Sundararaj ¹, Sheila M. Pereira ¹

Affiliations
1 Nutrition Research Unit, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore-4, Tamil Nadu, IN

Abstract

Dietary intakes of rural preschool children were recorded by a three-day weighment method during the four seasons of the year.i'- During the survey the raw ingredients and the cooked foods eaten by each family were weighed and recorded.

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