A Study On Nutritional Status Of Rural Adolescent Girls

Nutrition is important to understand because it is a significant contributor to the health and wellness of a human being. Nutrition can determine the weight of a person, the performance of organs and the body’s ability to prevent or accelerate certain diseases. Health and nutrition can be influenced by several factors such as family, friends, peers as well as physical and mental stress. As a young child, the immediate family is the biggest influence on nutrition because they are the first role models and establish the initial habits that the individual will develop. Through daily meal plans given to children, they can develop a standard of care in regard to nutrition and then incorporate key food groups into their daily diet. A child’s

Children and young people’s health and development is closely linked to their dietary choice as they need the right amount of nutrients necessary to keep their energy and to maintain the body for growth, tissue repair, healthy skin, hair and teeth, red blood cells and strong immune system.

During pregnancy the mother has certain nutrient needs. When a mother is pregnant in the second and third trimesters, she should take in an additional 340-352 kilocalories per day. Pregnant women should also have an extra 25 grams of protein per day and 175 grams per day of carbohydrates. Water intake also increases when a woman is pregnant due to the fetus’s needs, increased blood volume and amniotic fluid being produced. Pregnant women also need higher levels of vitamins. Infants need to have an increased energy supply during their first months of life because of rapid growth using so much of their own energy. During the first six months of an infant’s life, they should take in about 55% of their energy from fat. During the second six months, it should be about 40%. Carbohydrates, proteins, other vitamins and water should be increased also. Children should have around 45 to 65% of carbohydrates of energy. Children ages one to three should have about 1.3 liters of water per day and children ages four to eight should have about 1.7 liters of water per day. Adolescents also have their own nutrient needs. Girls need around 2100 to 2400 kilocalories per day and boy need around 2200 to 3150 kilocalories per day. Protein intake should be about 0.8 grams per kilograms per day. Vitamin and mineral needs are increased more during adolescent years than childhood. In adulthood and on, there is a decrease in the needs for energy. Protein is still at 0.8 grams per kilograms of body weight per day and fat needs do not change either. Carbohydrates and fiber do not change but the total amount that is needed may decrease. Water needs should stay around 1.7 liters per day, but as adults get older, they may lose their thirst. Most elderly do not need to change the amount of vitamins and minerals they take in but it is common for them to be deficient in

Fruits and vegetables have a very essential role in our diet. Studies have shown the importance of sufficient fruit and vegetable consumption in stopping chronic diseases like cardiovascular diseases, cancers, diabetes and obesity. According to 2000 report, “2.7 million deaths and 1.8% all diseases worldwide could be attributed to inadequate F&V intake” (Najimi, 2013). Starting to eat well when young is important. Research has proven that interventions at a young age can impact good behavior such as good nutritional habits that get carried on into adulthood. Furthermore, ages 7 to 12 is when a child should get nutrients for growing. Therefore, the significance of a child’s nutrition becomes more of a need than ever (Najimi, 2013). Examples of the benefits of kids eating healthy when young are good mental activities, prevention of problems and complications like anaemia, obesity, digestive disorders, and tooth decay and chronic and dangerous diseases in the long term (Najimi, 2013).

This essay report will focus on the critical aspects of the relationship between Australian adolescents’ health and macronutrients such as carbohydrate, fat, sugar and sodium which have a significant impact on lifestyle related diseases such as high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, obesity and stroke. Well-managed nutrients will lead to healthy diet and healthy way of living.

A questionnaire was developed to determine the students’ baseline knowledge of nutrition. This questionnaire contained questions regarding the number of servings recommended to be consumed from the different food groups and which food groups different items belonged in. This questionnaire was written in an open-ended format so that students couldn’t guess

Dietary intakes of subjects were assessed, by filling valid 168-items food frequency questionnaire (FFQ), performed by an expert Nutritionist [26, 27]. This questionnaire includes general food items and portion sizes of usual foods taken, typically. Frequency of food taken by each participant was determined, during the past 12 months as daily, weekly and monthly intake. Therefore, the daily intake of food items was converted to gram per day by amount of usual portions [28]. Also, with regards to the content of eaten food, total amount of micronutrients and macronutrients was calculated by nutrition analysis software (N4).

Every living thing needs nutrition in order to be surviving and growing healthier. In somehow, government required every import and export food products need to have nutrition label to let the customer know the nutrition fact of product. This will helps and gives us the ideas to know what the sources are containing in the products. For as there is no mandatory nutrition school provided in small town of northeastern from Thailand, many of the families was struggle in eating disorder, underweight, hypertension, low blood pressure and abnormal body development issues. The average number of patients suffering from these common symptoms was increased rapidly every day at the town family clinic. As being part of this community, it made me unsatisfied and sympathy for those who suffering from nutrition illness issue. Unlike from this society that I now live in. I have just learned nutrition after I came to U.S. As I have learned the nutrition so far at high school, it helps me to maintain what I eat, what contained in the food product, how many calories I eat and much more. Many countries may have their purposes and reasons of providing mandatory nutrition education for students at any education level. During this semester, I would like to do the research about how the mandatory nutrition education involves and impact in students and parents’ lives in our society today and how the issues and factors are different from my

Most people know that good nutrition is important for good health. But not many people realize the importance a healthy diet can have on their health and their children’s health for years to come. A good diet helps children grow, develop, and do well in school. It also helps young and older adults to work productively and feel their best. Without a proper diet or a serious lack of nutrition a person is making his or her self susceptible to all sorts of diseases. All people, young and old, need to have a healthy and nutritional diet if they want to avoid the many diseases caused by poor nutrition.

For long-term health, good physical, mental development adequate intake of nutrients is recommended in every stage of life. Not every sector of society has access to food of complete nutritional quality because of this, large number of world’s population is facing mal-nutrition, and people are obese, overweight, underweight, vitamin and mineral deficient.

The key findings of the research conducted in the article were well documented. The findings that were obtained indicate that a varied, as well as a well-balanced dietary plan, is essential. An example of a well-balanced dietary plan is comprised of nuts, eggs, seeds, non-refined grains, dark green leafy vegetables, legumes fruits as well as 100% fruit juice and low-fat milk.1 This kind of dietary plan was found to impact positively on bone health and development during adolescence. Consequently, the positive effect of the healthy and balanced diet during adolescence can also be reflected in the young adult's life. There is a need for more research in the area of dietary plans and their impact on bone health not only in adolescents and young adults but also in other age

The study is called Anthropometric Measurements, Dietary Intake and Biochemical Parameters of Children with Type 1 Diabetes. Dr. Nande wanted to study the nutritional status of children between the ages of 10-15 years old. (Nande,2015) Based on three days of dietary recall, anthropometric measurements, and biochemical information, she was able to gather the information she needs to evaluate the nutritional status of children with type 1 diabetes. (Nande,2015)

The research problem of the article related to the protein intake of kids during complementary feeding period and the overweight condition when they grow up. Many studies showed that the rich amount of protein in formula milk is associated with childhood weight gain. Moreover, when children started eating solid foods, it increased their chances of protein intake. Therefore, authors studied the

The ability of the students in the schools to learn is being hindered by foods that are widely available in the schools which have affected the academic performance. The state of boards in the schools have been in a mission to improve the education systems in schools which in return will improve the academic performance of the students. To achieve this, they have to find the reasons as to why the students do not perform well or the things that hinder the performance of the students in schools. One of the areas that should be looked at is the kind of nutritional substances that are eaten by most of the school going children. There are national and

Background: Health status of a population is a significant indicator of human development. Like mortality, disability being a potential measure of health status of population has not received much attention in research particularly in the developing countries. Hearing impairment refers to both complete and partial loss of the ability to hear and research in the area of the health and nutritional status of such a population remains largely unexplored in India. Methods: A school for the hearing impaired adolescent boys & girls in the age group of 10-19 years was chosen as the site for the study. 101 hearing impaired subjects who were in the age group 10-19 years were enrolled for the study. A pre tested questionnaire was filled by the researcher in coordination with a sign language interpreter to elicit background information and socio-demographic status. For anthropometric measurements their heights and weights were taken with the help of measuring tape and bathroom scale respectively. For hemoglobin estimations, 5ml sample of venous blood was obtained from each subject for laboratory analysis. The data was entered in SPSS and subjected to appropriate statistical analysis. Results: The subjects who were deaf by birth were 84.2% and the rest were due to accident. Stunting was more in the early adolescents in case of boys (41.6%) but in