Assessment of micronutrients adequacy in the diet of adolescents of Fatehabad district (Haryana)

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dc.contributor.advisorVarsha Ran
dc.contributor.authorNisha Rani
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-22T08:38:36Z
dc.date.available2016-10-22T08:38:36Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractThis study was conducted to assess the micronutrients adequacy in the diet of adolescents of Fatehabad district. Total 200 school going adolescents (13-17y), 100 from rural (Govt. Senior Secondary School, Dhanger, Fatehabad) and 100 from urban (Govt. Senior Secondary School Fatehabad city) backgrounds were selected randomly. The nutritional status of adolescents was assessed in terms of height for age (stunting), BMI for age (wasting) and waist to hip ratio (abdomen obesity), dietary intake, food adequacy ratio, nutrient intake, nutrient adequacy ratio, dietary diversity score, food variety score and probability of adequacy of micronutrients. Z-score for height-for-age (HAZ-score) and BMI-for age (BAZ-score) were calculated using the National Centre for Health Statistics (NCHS) reference data and WHO Anthro Plus software (version 2014). The means were compared gender wise and area wise using independent sample t-test. Associations of area and gender with prevalence of wasting, stunting, overweight and abdomen obesity were assessed using chi-square test. Pearson correlation coefficients were conducted to explore the relationship between DDS, FVS and probability of adequacy of micronutrients; and socioeconomic profile and nutritional status. Majority of the adolescents were belonging to nuclear type and medium sized family having general supplied water in their house. The annual family income of majority of the adolescents was in the range between Rs. 1,50000-300000. The father and mother occupation of most of the adolescents was labor and housewife, respectively. The father and mother of the majority of the adolescents were illiterate followed by the educated up to primary and matriculation. Daily mean intake of energy, protein, calcium, iron, β-carotene, vitamin C and zinc except fat was significantly lower than their respective RDAs in the daily diets of both the male and female adolescents of both the age group. Mean value of dietary diversity score among adolescents was 6.46 (theoretical range: 1 to 13). Mean food variety score of adolescents was 16.45; eighty one different food items were reported to be eaten by the adolescents during the survey period. In general, all the estimates of probability of adequacy for micronutrients ranged low. Intakes of iron had the lowest (30%) while intakes of calcium had the highest (70%) probability of adequacy followed by the vitamin A (61%), zinc (54%) and vitamin C (51%). The mean probability of adequacy across 5 micronutrients was 53 percent. The rural adolescents had the significantly (p<0.01) higher probability of adequacy of vitamin A whereas the probability of adequacy of iron was significantly (p<0.01) higher in urban adolescents. The prevalence of wasting, overweight, stunting, severely stunting and abdomen obesity among adolescents was 13, 8.5, 14.5, 3.5 and 25.5 per cent respectively. Pearson‟s correlations coefficients of dietary diversity scores and food variety scores and adequacy of micronutrient were significant. The family income and father occupation was positively associated with the major nutrients intake, BMI for age and Height for age whereas the type of family and size of family were negatively associated with BMI for age and Height for age. There is urgent need to provide nutrition education to children and their mothers that will go a long way in improving the nutritional status of children who are supreme assets and future of the nation.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/81322
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherCCSHAUen_US
dc.subFoods and Nutrition
dc.subjectBiological phenomena, Vitamins, Nutrient intake, Nutrients, Fruits, Fats, Iron, Proteins, Calcium, Zincen_US
dc.these.typeM.Sc
dc.titleAssessment of micronutrients adequacy in the diet of adolescents of Fatehabad district (Haryana)en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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