“…Food consumption pattern revealed that the daily mean intake of food groups-cereals, pulses, leafy vegetables, roots and tubers, other vegetables, fruits, milk and milk products, fats and sugar, was found to be lower in percentage than the recommended dietary intake. Similar, the results regarding food intake of children aged 7-9 years in accordance with Sharma and Lakhawat (2016) who also found that the daily mean intake of the food groups was lower than the RDI in the diets of school children of Bhilwara district of Rajasthan. The daily intake of various food groups is displayed in table 5.…”