A study on the nutritional status of adolescent girls

Nagi, Malkit; Chawla, Sangeeta; Sharma, Savita

doi:10.1007/bf01088328

Cited by 5 publications

(3 citation statements)

References 4 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…This is similar to the study done in Faridabad, Haryana 8 found that 93.5% adolescents were below the BMI 18.5. These finding are similar to various other studies 2,6,9,10,11 where they also found most of the girls were undernourished or below the BMI 18.5.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%

Nutritional Status, Dietary Practices and Nutrition Related Beliefs of High School Girls in Urban Area of Bangalore City

Bhandari¹

2014

IOSRJNHS

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The study was conducted to explore the nutritional status, dietary practices and nutrition related beliefs of high school girls' age between twelve to seventeen years. One hundred and fifty high school girls from two government schools of Bangalore were selected for the study by stratified random sampling. The research design was descriptive analytical and cross sectional. A semi-structural questionnaire was used to collect the data on dietary practices and nutrition related beliefs and observational checklist was used to collect on nutritional parameter. The finding revealed that 72.5% girls were malnourished out of which 69.2% were underweight and 3.3% were overweight. Statistical analysis used was simple proportion and chi-square test which revealed that the majority 76.6% girls were found anemic. It may be due to the poor economic condition as the most of the girls' 78% were belonged to the low and lower middle income families where their parents were partly skilled, unskilled and homemakers. Result shows that there was statistical association between nutritional status and statement of nutrition related beliefs that eating non-vegetarian food and green leafy vegetable improve the quality of blood. As a whole, the dietary practices of high school girls were inadequate. There is a dire need to educate the parents and teachers who must impart knowledge about nutrition related practices accurately.

show abstract

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%

Nutritional Status, Dietary Practices and Nutrition Related Beliefs of High School Girls in Urban Area of Bangalore City

Bhandari¹

2014

IOSRJNHS

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…In the present study the 95th percentiles for 24-h urinary calcium excretion and calcium/creatinine ratio were 2.2 mg/kg and 0.15, respectively. The low levels of urinary calcium excretion were possibly due to its deficient dietary intake, as observed in this and other studies from north India [18,20].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 65%

Urinary excretion of minerals, oxalate, and uric acid in north Indian children

Sweid

Bagga

Vaswani

et al. 1997

Pediatric Nephrology

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Urinary excretion of calcium, magnesium, phosphate, uric acid, oxalate, and creatinine was measured in 208 children (aged 8 -15 years, 124 boys, 84 girls), living in a residential school near New Delhi. Levels were reduced compared with those reported from developed countries. The 95th percentile value of 24-h creatinine excretion was 33.4 mg/kg, calcium 2.2 mg/kg, magnesium 2.9 mg/kg, phosphate 9.4 mg/kg, uric acid 4.4 mg/kg, and oxalate 1.5 mg/kg. The 95th percentile value of the urine calcium/creatinine ratio was 0.15 and oxalate/creatinine 0.06. The dietary intake of proteins, calcium, and other nutrients in these children was less than recommended and explained the reduced urinary excretion observed. Physicians need to be aware of the regional patterns of normal urinary excretion of these constituents.

show abstract

“…[8] Although prevalence of Anaemia is marginally higher in rural areas but some recent studies have highlighted the increasing prevalence of Anaemia among adolescents living in urban settlements. [9,10] Measuring height, weight, and body mass index (BMI) gives significant information on the nutritional and health status of individuals. Many research studies have reported that malnutrition affects body growth and development, especially during the crucial period of adolescence.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Nutritional status and anemia in medical students of SGRDIMSAR Amritsar

Kaur¹,

Singh²,

Bassi³

et al. 2015

Natl J Physiol Pharm Pharmacol

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Background: Anaemia is a global public health problem. Adolescents are vulnerable to iron deficiency because of increased iron requirements related to rapid growth. Considerable changes in growth pattern, lifestyle, dietary habits, and behavior are likely to influence the haemoglobin levels among adolescents belonging to high-income group. Aims & Objective: The objective of the study was to determine haemoglobin status and body mass index (BMI) in adolescents and study the correlation between them. Materials and Methods: Three hundred medical students of Sri Guru Ram Das Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (SGRDIMSAR, Amritsar, Punjab, India) belonging to both the sexes were studied after taking consent on format for anthropometric parameters using standard protocol. BMI of ≥18.5 kg/m 2 was used to define undernutrition status. Haemoglobin level was estimated in g%. Statistical analyses were carried out using mean and standard deviation; Student's t-test was used for measuring the effect of gender on correlation of Anaemia with BMI. Results: In our study, 86 (45.7%) girl students were found to have Anaemia (Hb <12 g%) with only 2 (1.7%) boys had haemoglobin levels <12 g%; 67 (60%) boys were overweight whereas 34 (18%) girls showed undernutrition. A positive correlation of haemoglobin with grades of BMI was found in both in boys and girls; however, none of the correlation showed significance to the levels of <0.05. Conclusion: Nutritional Anaemia and undernutrition prevailed more among girl students rather than boys in spite of being literate and having healthy nutritive diet. We recommend that adolescents be screened periodically for Anaemia, and multisectorial community-based approach should be adopted to combat this serious public health issue.

show abstract

A study on the nutritional status of adolescent girls

Cited by 5 publications

References 4 publications

Nutritional Status, Dietary Practices and Nutrition Related Beliefs of High School Girls in Urban Area of Bangalore City

Nutritional Status, Dietary Practices and Nutrition Related Beliefs of High School Girls in Urban Area of Bangalore City

Urinary excretion of minerals, oxalate, and uric acid in north Indian children

Nutritional status and anemia in medical students of SGRDIMSAR Amritsar

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About