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Vol. 12, Special Issue 12 (2023)
Assessment of nutritional status and efficacy of nutrition education amongst adolescent girls of rural area in Jaipur city
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Sraddhanjali Saha and Damini Soni
Sraddhanjali Saha and Damini Soni
Abstract:
One of the most complicated phases of the human life cycle is adolescence. A person needs additional care and consideration during this time since their body needs more nutrition than usual. The current study was carried out with the objectives to assess the nutritional status and eating behaviours, dietary patterns, and physical activities of the adolescent girls. To provide nutritional based education, dietary counselling was done to improve their dietary habits and examine the knowledge about nutrition after assessment. On the whole, there are 22 blocks in Jaipur district, out of which only one block named Achrol was chosen purposively for the study. From the selected blocks there are 2 government school in Achrol village and one of them was selected namely “Rajakiya Uccha Madhyamik Vidyalaya”. Random sampling techniques were used to select all the respondents. The study was carried out on 80 adolescent girls belonging to 11-19 years of age group.
One of the most complicated phases of the human life cycle is adolescence. A person needs additional care and consideration during this time since their body needs more nutrition than usual. The current study was carried out with the objectives to assess the nutritional status and eating behaviours, dietary patterns, and physical activities of the adolescent girls. To provide nutritional based education, dietary counselling was done to improve their dietary habits and examine the knowledge about nutrition after assessment. On the whole, there are 22 blocks in Jaipur district, out of which only one block named Achrol was chosen purposively for the study. From the selected blocks there are 2 government school in Achrol village and one of them was selected namely “Rajakiya Uccha Madhyamik Vidyalaya”. Random sampling techniques were used to select all the respondents. The study was carried out on 80 adolescent girls belonging to 11-19 years of age group.
For gathering appropriate data, a well-structured interview schedule was created, in order to gather data for the anthropometric assessment. Through an interview schedule, information regarding eating habits, dietary patterns, physical activity, and knowledge about food and various diseases was gathered. The 3 days, 24 hour dietary recall approach was used to assess the pattern of food consumption.
Pre- and post-tests were done to evaluate the effect of adolescent girls' nutritional awareness. A well-organized interview schedule with knowledge testing on numerous topics was created. To make defensible inferences, the qualitative and important data were coded, tallied, and collated.
Major Findings
Background information of the respondents: The study revealed that maximum of subjects belonged to Hindu religion that were 95 percent. Remaining 5 percent were Muslims. Out of 80 respondents majority (83.75%) of the subjects belonged to joint family, (11.25%) belonged to nuclear family and (5%) from extended family.
Nutritional status of respondents
Anthropometric measurement: Data was resulted by identifying mean height and mean weight of all the respondents and then calculating BMI. The results revealed that out of 80 respondents (32.3%) were underweight, (21.25%) were pre-obese, (7.5%) were obese and only (38.75%) were in normal weight. The mean±SD of height was 157.7±0.159 and weight was 51.6±11.34.
Average dietary assessment of 3 days 24 hours dietary recall of all respondents according to food groups: Data resulted mean and SD of all adolescent girls were 3.51±0.10 were consuming cereals and pulses, 1.05±0.11 adolescent were consuming fruits and vegetables, 0.64±0.01 consuming milk and milk products, 1.30±0.07 respondents consuming fats and oils, 0.05±0.01 respondents consuming meat and poultry.
Dietary intake and food habits: Out of 80 respondents it was revealed that (88.75%) affected there meal size in presence of family and friends, others (11.25%) were not affected. (75%) of respondents skipped there meal and most of them, that is (51.25%) adolescent girls skipped there lunch. It was also noticed that (41.25%) respondents were lacto vegetarian, (28.75%) were vegetarian, (11.25%) were ova vegetarian, (6.25%) were lacto ova vegetarian and (12.5%) were non vegetarian. Special diets revealed were only (16.25%) and others were not restricted.
Imparting nutrition education and monitoring the impact of nutrition education of all respondents: With the aid of several educational techniques like leaflets, posters, and films, a nutrition education package was given. Following the nutrition lecture, it was found that the majority of the respondents had gained the necessary nutritional knowledge.
Assessment of pre and post positive responses: Based on the findings of this study, the majority of respondents were unaware of nutritional facts prior to receiving nutrition education and dietary guidance. In pre responses, positive responses of total questions were 82.75% and after providing nutritional education positive responses of total questions were 93.74%. Education about nutrition had a positive effect.
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How to cite this article:
Sraddhanjali Saha and Damini Soni. Assessment of nutritional status and efficacy of nutrition education amongst adolescent girls of rural area in Jaipur city. The Pharma Innovation Journal. 2023; 12(12S): 2762-2771.
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- E-ISSN Number: 2277-7695
- P-ISSN Number: 2349-8242
- CODEN Code: PIHNBQ
- ZDB-Number: 2663038-2
- IC Journal ID: 7725
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