National Academy of Agricultural Sciences (NAAS)
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PRINT ISSN : 2319-7692
Online ISSN : 2319-7706 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcmas@gmail.com / submit@ijcmas.com Editor-in-chief: Dr.M.Prakash Index Copernicus ICV 2018: 95.39 NAAS RATING 2020: 5.38 |
Malnutrition is by far the highest contributor to child mortality, present in half of all the cases globally. Malnutrition is more common in India than in Sub-Saharan Africa. One in every three malnourished children in the world lives in India. The nutritional status of an individual is often the result of many interrelated factors. The main objectives include to study the dietary intake of 4-5 years old tribal girls. To study the dietary adequacy of 4-5 years old tribal girls. Purposive sampling was adopted for this study. In this study, a total of 224 pre-school girls of 4-5 year old were selected from Kotra and Jhadol block of Udaipur who were already enrolled in any nutritional program (like Anganwadi or Balwadi centers). They were interviewed through the 24-hourrecall method of diet survey to assess the food and nutrient intake to assess the dietary adequacy. The present study shows that the gap between the mean intake and the Recommended Dietary Allowances (RDA) value for nutrients like energy (682.84 kcal/d in Kotra and 585.18 kcal/d in Jhadol), calcium (117.12 mg/d in Kotra and 114.06 mg/d in Jhadol), iron (6.30 mg/d in Kotra and 5.15 mg/d in Jhadol), zinc (3.12 mg/d in Kotra and 2.34 mg/d in Jhadol), Ascorbic Acid (6.78 mg/d in Kotra and 5.40 mg/d in Jhadol), b-carotene (2.99 mg/d in Kotra and 1.41 mg/d in Jhadol), and retinol (4.21mg/d in Kotra and 1.87 mg/d in Jhadol) were inadequate while their diets were found secured regarding protein intake (20.36g/d in Kotra and 16.98 g/d in Jhadol). The diet of tribal 4-5 year girls was found exceptionally inadequate in protective foods like green leafy vegetables, roots and tubers, energy giving foods like fats and body building foods like milk and milk products.
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