Tarvinderjeet Kaur ¹, Sonali Goel ¹, Madhu Gupta ²

Affiliations
1 Department of Home Science, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra - 136119, IN
2 Department of Home Science, Indira Gandhi National College, Ladwa – 136132, IN

Abstract

Nutritional anaemia is widely prevalent in many parts of the world, particularly in developing countries. Adolescence, a period of rapid growth and development, is considered the most nutritionally vulnerable group. In studies conducted in developing countries, adolescent anaemia was reported as the greatest nutritional problem. The prevalence of anaemia in the developing countries tends to be three to four times higher than in the developed countries. Anaemia is an indicator of both poor health and poor nutrition. A review of Indian studies on anaemia in adolescent girls revealed that > 70 per cent of adolescent girls in low income communities had hemoglobin levels < 110 g/L. When World Health Organization (WHO) cut off of 120 g/L was applied, the prevalence was even higher (80-90%).

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Sonali Goel ¹, G. K. Kochar ¹, Taru Agarwal ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Home Science, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra – 136119, IN

Abstract

Worldwide, diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular diseases are emerging as the most important cause of morbidity, mortality and disability. According to WHO-2, around the globe each year 16.7 and 3.2 million people die due to cardiovascular diseases and diabetes mellitus, respectively. Diabetes is often accompanied by dyslipidemia which contributes significantly to cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in diabetic patients. Oral hypoglycemic and hypolipidemic synthetic drugs are the mainstay of treatment of diabetes and dyslipidemia, respectively and although these drugs are effective they have prominent side-effects, lag behind poor patient compliance and are too expensive.

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