Eating habits have strong relationship with nutritional status of any person. Modification of these habits in the adolescent period can prevent malnutrition resulting in prevention of many non-communicable diseases. Additionally, with best eating habits female doctors can be a role model for their patients.Objectives: This study was designed to access the dietary habits, nutritional status and their association in young adolescent female medical students.Methodology: A cross sectional descriptive study was carried out in Medical College of Lahore. A total of 114 female students from 1st year and 2nd year were selected. Their socio-demographic characteristics, dietary habits and nutritional status were assessed through a questionnaire. Hemoglobin levels were measured by Sysmex while mid upper arm circumference and (MUAC) and body mass index (BMI) were measured with the help of measuring tape and weighing machine, respectively. Results: Mean age of the students was 19.5 ± 2.1. All the participants were unmarried, 108 (94.7%) liked traditional food, and 84 (73.3%) had a habit of daily breakfast intake. Most of the students (n=73, 64%) were consuming fast/junk food while 81(71.1%) of the students used to take meat and meat products three times a week. A total of 42 respondents (36.8%) were underweight while 41 (36%) were anemic. Positive association was found between eating habits and hemoglobin levels (p = 0.001). Relationship between regular intake of breakfast with BMI and MUAC was also positive (p = 0.003 and 0.02, respectively). Conclusion: It is concluded that eating habits affect the nutritional status of adolescent females, while skipping breakfast is associated with anemia.

Background: The Quality of life (QOL) as defined by WHO is that individual’s perception of their position in life in the context of the culture and value systems in which they live and in relation to their goals, expectations, standards and concerns. The intimacy about illness depends upon whether an individual relates and perceives that he or she has a good life, which would be worthwhile to review in relation to QOL. Aim: To determine the perception of QOL of people affected with HIV/AIDS. Methods: This was an exploratory research conducted by non-probability convenient sampling of 139 HIV/AIDS positive and registered cases at the Voluntary Counseling Testing Centers (VCT center’s) at Services and Jinnah hospitals, Lahore, in 6 months in 2019. The WHOQOL BREF Questionnaire was used for data collection. Data compilation and analysis was done through SPSS software. The interviews were taken with informed consent by the investigator. Results: In 139 cases of HIV/AIDS positive registered individuals mean age was 32.12±8.54, with 78.4% males and 21.6% females. Regarding their perception of current illness (intake of medicine other than HIV), only 19.4% claimed that they were ill. However when asked about their perception about self-health as many as 85.6% claimed that they were suffering from some illness. The remaining did not perceive their problem as illness. The response of the study participants towards their perception of quality of life (QOL) was considered to be good/ very good (33.1%) and poor/ very poor (53.9%). Whereas 12.9% thought it was neither poor nor good. The current illness and quality of life scores were not statistically significant in all domains, except social relationship domain. Conclusion: The perception of QOL of HIV/AIDS person needs to be explored, especially in Pakistan. It is necessary to determine and address all the associated aspects which affect the QOL of HIV/AIDS patients.. Keywords: Perception, Quality of life, HIV/AIDS positive individuals, Tertiary Care Hospitals, Lahore