Impact of breakfast consumption on nutritional status and its effect on physical and academic performance of adolescent girls
| dc.contributor.advisor | Grover, kiran | |
| dc.contributor.author | Jain, Divya | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-02-05T04:25:04Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-02-05T04:25:04Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017 | |
| dc.description.abstract | A total of 500 adolescent girls in the age group of 16-18 years were selected randomly from rural and urban government schools of Ludhiana District. Based on their breakfast consumption pattern, 90 subjects were categorized in three groups of regular, occasional and never breakfast consumers. A detailed study to assess their dietary intake, body composition, biochemical parameters, physical activity pattern, physical and academic performance was conducted to evaluate the impact of breakfast consumption on nutritional status and its effect on their physical and academic performance. The results revealed that the prevalence of breakfast consumption on daily basis was higher among urban adolescent girls (51%) than rural (46%) and frequency decreased with increase in age. The major reasons behind skipping of breakfast were lack of appetite, time and family meal pattern. The per cent adequacy of all the nutrients was higher among regular breakfast consumers as compared to occasional and never. The breakfast consumption pattern had great impact on nutritional status of the subjects showing a higher percentage of regular breakfast (83%) consumers in normal category of BMI as compared to occasional (30%) and never (27%) consumers. Similarly a higher percentage of regular breakfast consumers (60%) were non-anaemic in comparison to occasional (13%) and never (3%). The regular breakfast consumers were better physical performers showing less impact on their heart rate and blood pressure levels in activities like running, jumping and touching toes. Breakfast consumption was positively correlated with percentage of marks obtained whereas a negative association was found for the absenteeism from school. Education level of mothers and family income had significantly positive impact on the frequency of breakfast consumption. Hence the study recommends a need to formulate nutrition clubs in schools for educating/counselling the students on regular basis. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810040368 | |
| dc.keywords | Breakfast consumption pattern, dietary intake, haematological profile, body composition, physical activity, physical performance, academic performance | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.pages | 119 | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana | en_US |
| dc.research.problem | Impact of breakfast consumption on nutritional status and its effect on physical and academic performance of adolescent girls | en_US |
| dc.sub | Food and Nutrition | en_US |
| dc.subject | null | en_US |
| dc.theme | Impact of breakfast consumption on nutritional status and its effect on physical and academic performance of adolescent girls | en_US |
| dc.these.type | M.Sc | en_US |
| dc.title | Impact of breakfast consumption on nutritional status and its effect on physical and academic performance of adolescent girls | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |