title: Knowledge amongst adolescent girls about nutritive value of foods and diet during diseases, pregnancy and lactation.
abstract: Knowledge about nutritive value of food, diet during diseases and antenatal and postnatal period was assessed amongst 152 adolescent school girls. A total of 23.69 and 55.93% students had incorrect knowledge that pulses and non-vegetarian foods should be avoided during later half of the pregnancy. A total of 63.82, 66.45 and 71.72% of subjects had incorrect knowledge that almonds have more nutritive value than groundnuts, fruits are rich sources of calories and desi ghee has more nutritive value than vanaspathi, respectively. Majority (90.78%) had correct knowledge that obesity is caused due to excess intake of calories than required by an individual and low iron content and poor availability of iron from food is a major cause of anemia in mothers and children.
authors.affiliation: Human Nutrition Unit, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Kapil
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bhasin
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Manocha
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003968:Diarrhea, Infantile / Q000628:therapy; D004032:Diet; D005260:Female; D005502:Food; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007774:Lactation; D009753:Nutritive Value; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011181:Postnatal Care; D011295:Prenatal Care