Food Science Research Journal

Open Access Open Access  Restricted Access Subscription Access
Open Access Open Access Open Access  Restricted Access Restricted Access Subscription Access

Assessment of Intake of Macronutrients of Punjabi Women


Affiliations
1 Department of Food Science and Nutrition, College of Home Science, C.S.A. University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur (U.P.), India
     

   Subscribe/Renew Journal


Punjabi cuisine is one of the most distinct and popular Indian cuisine and comes from the region of Punjab situated partially in India and Pakistan. It offers a vast variety of delectable and exotic vegetarian and non-vegetarian dishes that are prepared with varied traditional culinary styles, particularly the tandoori style. The exotic and appetizing tandoor items and various other mouth- watering and finger licking dishes having rich, spicy and buttery flavour savoured with Punjabi Basmati rice of varied forms and special Punjabi breads like Tandoori roti and Naan have not only made made the gastronomists crave for more but has also garnered the cuisine much fame outside the Punjab region taking it to places around the globe like Canada and the UK. Present investigation was carried out in various areas of Kanpur. The following areas were selected for the survey such as Gumti, Govind Nagar, Ashok Nagar, Lajpat Nagar, Lalbangla. 100 Punjabi women were selected randomly for the study. The anthropometric assessment was done by taking height, weight and body mass index of the respondents. The mean nutrient intake was computed by the 24 recall method. The nutritional awareness level and food habit among the Punjabi women was assessed through the questionnaire. The maximum 15.15 per cent deficient energy was found in 35 to 45 years of age group and 8.43 per cent deficient energy was found in 45 to 55 years of age group. The maximum 18.18 per cent increase protein was found in 45 to 55 years of age group and 8.72 per cent increase protein was found in 35 to 45 years of age group. The maximum 134.0 per cent increase fat was found in 45 to 55 years of age group and 133.2 per cent increase fat was found in 35 to 45 years of age group.

Keywords

Assessment, Energy, Protein, Fat.
Subscription Login to verify subscription
User
Notifications
Font Size


  • Anna, Winkvsit, Fehmida, Jaul, Jean -Pierre Habicht and Kathleen, M. Rasmaoessen (1995). Maternal energy depletion is buffered among malnourished women in Punjab, Pakistan 1 0022-3166/94 $3.00 ©1994 American Institute of Nutrition. Manuscript received 29 November 1993. Initial review completed 4 March 1994. Revision accepted 24 May 1994.

  • Kaur, Khushpreet and Kochhar, Anita (2015). Impact of nutrition counselling on the nutritional status of the gestational diabetics J. Eco-friendly Agric., 10(2): 191-195.

  • Rao, Sowmya G. and Puttaraj, Shashikala (2015). A study on nutrient intake and energy balance of women- home makers, gainfully employed non-executives and executives , 2 : 2395-2326 .

  • Sidhu, Sharda and Tatla, Harleen Kaur (2002). Prevalence of overweight and obesity among adult urban females of Punjab: A cross-sectional study Anthropologist Special Issue, 1: 101-103.

  • Singh, Maryam and Kirchengast, Sylvia (2011). Obesity prevalence and nutritional habits among Indian women: a comparison between Punjabi women living in India and Punjabi migrants in Vienna, AustriaAnthrop. Anz., 68 (3): 239–251.


Abstract Views: 263

PDF Views: 0




  • Assessment of Intake of Macronutrients of Punjabi Women

Abstract Views: 263  |  PDF Views: 0

Authors

Vibhuti Arya
Department of Food Science and Nutrition, College of Home Science, C.S.A. University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur (U.P.), India
Vinita Singh
Department of Food Science and Nutrition, College of Home Science, C.S.A. University of Agriculture and Technology, Kanpur (U.P.), India

Abstract


Punjabi cuisine is one of the most distinct and popular Indian cuisine and comes from the region of Punjab situated partially in India and Pakistan. It offers a vast variety of delectable and exotic vegetarian and non-vegetarian dishes that are prepared with varied traditional culinary styles, particularly the tandoori style. The exotic and appetizing tandoor items and various other mouth- watering and finger licking dishes having rich, spicy and buttery flavour savoured with Punjabi Basmati rice of varied forms and special Punjabi breads like Tandoori roti and Naan have not only made made the gastronomists crave for more but has also garnered the cuisine much fame outside the Punjab region taking it to places around the globe like Canada and the UK. Present investigation was carried out in various areas of Kanpur. The following areas were selected for the survey such as Gumti, Govind Nagar, Ashok Nagar, Lajpat Nagar, Lalbangla. 100 Punjabi women were selected randomly for the study. The anthropometric assessment was done by taking height, weight and body mass index of the respondents. The mean nutrient intake was computed by the 24 recall method. The nutritional awareness level and food habit among the Punjabi women was assessed through the questionnaire. The maximum 15.15 per cent deficient energy was found in 35 to 45 years of age group and 8.43 per cent deficient energy was found in 45 to 55 years of age group. The maximum 18.18 per cent increase protein was found in 45 to 55 years of age group and 8.72 per cent increase protein was found in 35 to 45 years of age group. The maximum 134.0 per cent increase fat was found in 45 to 55 years of age group and 133.2 per cent increase fat was found in 35 to 45 years of age group.

Keywords


Assessment, Energy, Protein, Fat.

References