Abstract
Title
A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY ON RELATION BETWEEN DIETARY PATTERN AND DEVELOPMENTAL STATUS AMONG ADOLESCENT GIRLS
Author
Rajkrishnan R
Email
rajkrishnanrpillai@gamil.com
keyword
IABP, Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump.
Abstract
Background of the study: - Adolescence is a sensitive and important phase in an individual's life during which a multidisciplinary approach must be taken to both understanding and solving his/her problems. An estimated 25% of India's population of 138 million is aged 15-25 years. Girls aged 10-19 years comprise about 22% of the female population. The single dietary change with the biggest impact on improving your nutrition and natural health would be to stop eating junk food. Many mature adults, over the years, have forgotten what real food is. Rather than eat 100% home cooked meals, they eat junk that is the creation of modern food science. Statement of the problem: - A cross sectional study on relation between dietary pattern and developmental status among adolescent girls in selected school at Sagar Madhya Pradesh. Objectives: - (1) To assess the dietary pattern of adolescent girls. (2) To assess the correlation between dietary pattern and developmental status. (3) To assess the correlation between dietary pattern and BMI. (4) To determine the correlation between dietary pattern and development status with their selected demographic variable. (5) To find out the association between dietary pattern and age of puberty. Research methodology: - In this study, the quantitative research approach and cross sectional research design was used. The study was conducted in Delhi public school Sagar. The sample consist 100 samples by simple random technique. The data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential Statistics. Result and discussion: - The major finding was comparison between dietary pattern and developmental status p?0.001, by using Karl Pearson correlation. In population 10-12 years (38%) adolescents, 13-14 years (43%) adolescent and 15-16 years (19%) adolescents’ Dietary habit of adolescents girls vegetarian (52%) and non vegetarian (48%), BMI underweight adolescents (20%), normal (26%) and overweight (54%) Age of puberty less than 10year (13%), 10-12 (63%), 13-14(19%) and 14 year only (4%) The correlation between BMI and dietary pattern is 0.862. Conclusion: - The present study to identify and collect the information about the dietary pattern and developmental status the result now adolescent girls eat more junk food than the healthy diet, they gain more weight because they mostly take fried items and maximum adolescent girls get early puberty. Hence need to improve the knowledge about the hazards of the junk food.
