Vol. 11, Special Issue 10 (2022)

Author(s):
Alam Prashanthi, Dr. R Geetha Reddy, Dr. R Neela Rani, Dr. T Sucharitha Devi and Dr. A Meena

Abstract:
The purpose of this study was to examine the meal pattern of schoolchildren. The data was collected by means of a questionnaire distributed to secondary school students (eighth and ninth grade) from government schools i.e., Zilla Parishad High Schools (ZPHS) of Telangana state. An exploratory research design was adopted for this study. A total sample of 320 respondents were purposively selected. A questionnaire was employed to assess the meal pattern of secondary school children. The results revealed that majority of the respondents reported to consume three times in a day and snack was the highest skipping meal compared to other meals. Age, father’s occupation and mother’s occupation were found to have significant association with frequency of meal intake (at 5% and 1% level of significance), while education with meal skipping habits at 5% level.