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Nutritional Status and Dietary Pattern of Fisher Women in Puducherry


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All along the coastal region of India, fisher women are involved in fish related activities including fish selling, processing and marketing fish and net weaving. Women in fishing community as any other traditional community are more than doubly occupied with household as well as fish works. The objective of this study was to assess the nutritional status of the fisher women in the Puducherry region which is the biggest hub for the fishing community. The results of the study revealed inadequate intake of foods by the fisher women which is expressed as hidden hunger in the fisher women. The protein calorie inadequacy and the chronic energy deficiency data intensely highlights the requirement of awareness programs for the fisher women on importance of balanced diet and good nutrition practices to improve the nutritional status of the fisher women.

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Fisher Women, Nutritional Status, Food Intake, Protein Calorie Adequacy, Chronic Energy Deficiency.
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Authors

K. Kumarakuru
Department of Food Science and Technology, Pondicherry University, Puducherry - 605 014, India
Haripriya Sundaramoorthy
Department of Food Science and Technology, Pondicherry University, Puducherry - 605 014, India

Abstract


All along the coastal region of India, fisher women are involved in fish related activities including fish selling, processing and marketing fish and net weaving. Women in fishing community as any other traditional community are more than doubly occupied with household as well as fish works. The objective of this study was to assess the nutritional status of the fisher women in the Puducherry region which is the biggest hub for the fishing community. The results of the study revealed inadequate intake of foods by the fisher women which is expressed as hidden hunger in the fisher women. The protein calorie inadequacy and the chronic energy deficiency data intensely highlights the requirement of awareness programs for the fisher women on importance of balanced diet and good nutrition practices to improve the nutritional status of the fisher women.

Keywords


Fisher Women, Nutritional Status, Food Intake, Protein Calorie Adequacy, Chronic Energy Deficiency.

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