Department of Food & Nutrition, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Research Article
Assessment of physical activity and dietary practices of institutionalized adolescent students staying in hostel
Author(s): Km Suman Devi and Sunita Mishra*
The study to assess the nutritional status of adolescent students was conducted at the Institutionalized hostels of Chandra Shekhar Azad University, Kanpur, and Uttar Pradesh, India. In this study 70 members of adolescent Institutionalized hostellers students were selected and they were assessed for the nutritional status. The nutritional status was assessed with the help of their dietary intake using 24 hours recall method, anthropometry measurement, dietary assessment, along with nutritional knowledge (set of 70 questions to assess nutritional knowledge relating to balanced nutrition and health status). Students' general health status can be impacted by their dietary habits and lifestyle choices. According to the report which details the nutritional status of the hostler girls institutionalized as adolescents, 51.44% of the girls had a normal BMI, 18.57% were underweight, 17.14%.. View More»
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