IJFANS International Journal of Food and Nutritional Sciences

ISSN PRINT 2319 1775 Online 2320-7876

STUDY OF NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF ADOLESCENT GIRLS RURAL AREA IN DISTRICT OF MAHARASHTRA

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Dr Satish laxmanrao kodape, Dr . Atul Loomba

Abstract

Adolescence is a time of fast physical, mental, emotional, and social growth that bridges the gap between childhood and maturity. Adolescent females are particularly vulnerable to nutritional insufficiency, which has devastating effects on their growth and development. With this context in mind, researchers in one rural part of the district used anthropometry to evaluate the nutritional health of teenage girls and collect data on their social and demographic characteristics. From January to June of 2022, researchers in 10 different villages throughout a district participated in a cross-sectional study. Anthropometric measurements were taken and interviews were conducted with 583 teenage females. Microsoft Excel 2007 and SPSS version 23.0 were used to do statistical analysis of the data. Participants' mean ages were 13.952.48 years old. The majority were members of nuclear families (54.72%) and identified as Hindu (63.12%). Only 45.63 percent have completed their high school education. Girls from socioeconomic class IV made up the largest percentage (45.46 percent). In this research, 36.54 percent of participants were underweight and 48.37 percent were stunted. Adolescent females' marital status was shown to be correlated with their weight (p=0.029).

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