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Sawant, Sonali
- Knowledge and Attitude of Tribal Women towards Child Nutrition in Nashera Village, Palghar District, Maharashtra, India
Authors
1 Animal Biotechnology and Biochemistry Division, KET’s Scientific Research Centre, Mulund (E), Mumbai – 400 081, IN
2 SES’s Anand Vishwa Gurukul Senior Night College, Thane - 400 604, IN
3 Plant Biotechnology Division, KET’s Scientific Research Centre, Mulund (E), Mumbai – 400 081, IN
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The Indian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics, Vol 57, No 2 (2020), Pagination: 185-196Abstract
A survey based study was conducted to evaluate the baseline nutritional status of thirty nine women in the Nashera village of Maharashtra and to understand their knowledge and attitude towards nutrition. The underlying factors for lack of knowledge about nutrition or lack of education (49 %) among the demographic under study. In-depth interviews and qualitative and quantitative analysis of the data reveal that income source (56 % were below national poverty line), and illiteracy (49 %) are the contributing factors for the reluctant attitudes of women towards nutrition. The majority of these women lack the information about malnutrition and its impact on child brain and physical development. Besides, many women in this community lack the perseverance and long-term commitment to address the problem related to child development. Apart from these challenges, the main limitation is the lack of access to food and connectivity of Nashera. Another part of the survey dealt with assessing the nutritional status of children between the ages 7-14 years. The data so obtained was used to calculate Body Mass Index (BMI), which was further applied to calculate per cent healthy, thin and severely thin kids from the village. Almost 65% (39% boys) of the children were considered malnourished. This study in totality represents the attitude of women towards malnutrition and their direct effect on child health and thereby suggests the need of nutritional intervention with respect to women’s education, employment development, physical and physiological health of women and children.Keywords
Child Nutrition, Malnutrition, BMI, WHO, Nutritional Status, Knowledge, Attitude.References
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- Correlation Between Diet Preference and Protein Consumption in Low Socio-Economic Female Adolescents in Navi Mumbai, India
Authors
1 Fitterfly Technologies, IN
Source
The Indian Practitioner, Vol 73, No 11 (2020), Pagination: 25-29Abstract
Objective: Studies have shown the prevalence of Protein Energy Malnutrition (PEM) in adolescents among low socio-economic group. Thus, this study was carried out to understand link between protein intake and diet preference across Body Mass Index (BMI) categories in female adolescents belonging to low socio-economic group.
Method: 486 female adolescents between age group 10-17 years were randomly selected. Of which, 123, 48 and 315 preferred vegetarians, eggetarian and non-vegetarian respectively. The school faculties and parents of the children were prior consented for the data collection of the observatory study. The 3 categories of BMI were considered- Underweight/ Poor weight, Healthy weight and Overweight/Obese. Height, Weight, Diet preference and 7-day food recall was recorded for each of them. Consumed protein intake was then calculated using Ntuitive software which was then compared with Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA). Statistical analysis was conducted using IBM SPSS version 20 to evaluate association between protein intake and dietary preference across BMI.
Results: Statistical analysis showed that protein consumption in non-vegetarians was found to be significantly correlated (p=0.006) across all BMI categories. However, there was no association found in vegetarians and eggetarians with respect to protein consumption and BMI (p=>0.05). 60.7% were found to be deficit in protein consumption among non-vegetarians which may be due to their low socio-economic status and affordability.
Conclusion: The socio-economic factors that significantly influenced protein consumption among them can be the parent’s income status and family’s affordability, number of siblings in the family, lack of knowledge and awareness in family, preparation or method/ way of cooking techniques. The diet preferences did influence the protein intake in low socioeconomic status female adolescents. Further research will enable better insights to improve protein consumption in Indian children.
Keywords
Protein, Recommended Dietary Allowance, Low Socio-Economic, Body Mass Index, Diet Preference, Female Adolescents.References
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