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Breakfast Consumption Pattern and Nutritional Status of Adolescent Girls


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To assess the breakfast consumption pattern and nutritional status, a total of 500 adolescent girls in the age group of 16-18 years were selected randomly from rural and urban government schools of Ludhiana district. An interview schedule was used to assess their meal pattern, frequency of breakfast consumption and reasons behind their skipping of breakfast. Their height and weight was measured and BMI was also calculated. The results revealed that the prevalence of breakfast consumption on daily basis was higher among urban adolescent girls (51%) than rural (46%) and frequency decreased with increase in age. The major reasons behind skipping of breakfast were lack of appetite (37%), time (28%) and family meal pattern (17%). A higher percentage of rural adolescent girls were found to be underweight as compared to their urban counterparts but out of underweight category more of urban adolescent girls were found to be severely thin.

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Breakfast Consumption Pattern, Appetite, Adolescence, Meal Pattern, Breakfast Skipping, Underweight.
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Authors

Divya Jain
Department of Food and Nutrition, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana (Punjab), India
Kiran Grover
Department of Food and Nutrition, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana (Punjab), India

Abstract


To assess the breakfast consumption pattern and nutritional status, a total of 500 adolescent girls in the age group of 16-18 years were selected randomly from rural and urban government schools of Ludhiana district. An interview schedule was used to assess their meal pattern, frequency of breakfast consumption and reasons behind their skipping of breakfast. Their height and weight was measured and BMI was also calculated. The results revealed that the prevalence of breakfast consumption on daily basis was higher among urban adolescent girls (51%) than rural (46%) and frequency decreased with increase in age. The major reasons behind skipping of breakfast were lack of appetite (37%), time (28%) and family meal pattern (17%). A higher percentage of rural adolescent girls were found to be underweight as compared to their urban counterparts but out of underweight category more of urban adolescent girls were found to be severely thin.

Keywords


Breakfast Consumption Pattern, Appetite, Adolescence, Meal Pattern, Breakfast Skipping, Underweight.

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