NUTRITIONAL AND HEALTH PROFILE DURING MENARCHE AND SEASONAL VARIATIONS IN IRON STATUS OF ADOLESCENT GIRLS
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2004-01-23
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University of Agricultural Sciences GKVK, Bangalore
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NUTRITIONAL AND HEALTH PROFILE DURING MENARCHE AND
SEASONAL VARIATIONS IN IRON STATUS OF ADOLESCENT GIRLS
DEERA K. S. 2002
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PUSHRA BHARATHI
MAJOR ADVISOR
An investigation \vas undertaken with an objective of documenting
nutritional and health profile during menarche and testing the seasonal
variations in anthropometry, dietary intake anemia status and morbidity
pattern among 80 adolescent girls between 13 to 15 years of age from two
villages and areas each of Dharwad. The study was carried out in three
seasons viz., summer (February - May), rainy (June- September) and winter
(October - January). Information regarding age at menarche, problems faced
during and prior to menstruation, foods given and avoided during menarche
was collected through personal interview method. Seasonal variations in
nutritional status of adolescent girls were assessed by anthropometry, dietary
intake, clinical examination and haemoglobin status in different seasons.
Seasonal changes were not reported in the onset of menstruation problems
though maximum number of rural and urban subjects suffered from
stomachache, body pain, waist pain and depression during and prior to
menstruation.
Irrespective of locality, the selected subjects recorded higher values for
height, weight, waist and hip circumferences during winter (149.32cm,
36.26kg, 56.84cm and 72.76cm respectively) followed by rainy (148.21cm,
35.45kg, 56.71cm and 72.42cm respectively) and summer (148.02cm,
34.90kg, 56.46cm and 72.39 cm respectively). But all the girls were shorter
and lighter compared to NCHS standard at 50'^ percentile. The adolescents
had inadequate intake of energy and blood forming nutrients compared to
ICMR recommendations in all the seasons irrespective of locality except folic
acid (113.9ug) ascorbic acid (55.9mg) and copper (2.9 mg) during rainy
season which exceeded the recommendations. Irrespective of age and
locality, the subjects recorded higher mean haemoglobin during winter (9.5
gg/dl) and rainy (9.47 g/dl) seasons compared to summer (9.21 g/ dl), but
seasonal variations were not reported in any of anemia symptoms. However
morbidity among the subjects was reported to be more during rainy season.
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