Volume : V, Issue : VII, July - 2015

ASSESSMENT OF FOOD AND NUTRIENT INTAKE IN FEMALE ADULTS BASING ON BODY COMPOSITION

T. Kamalaja, J. Deepika

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 The food and nutrition intake population depends up on age, sex, and workloads. One obvious approach to evaluate food and nutrient intake is dietary assessment and it can be influenced by body composition levels. The study was carried out on assessment of food and nutrient intake in female adults basing on body composition on 30 female college going post graduate students. Food and nutrient intake was assessed by standard questionnaire by 3–day recall method and compared with different body composition levels. And results revealed that the food intake of subjects was not adequate except for fruits. The consumption of GLVs and fruits basing on BMR, roots and tubers basing on LBM and cereals, GLVs and fleshy foods basing on Hb correlated highly at 1 per cent level. Whereas nutrient intake i.e. energy, fat, calcium, iron, Vit C, B–complex vitamins basing on BMR and Hb level was significant at 1 per cent level. From this study we concluded that poor food and nutrient intake by subjects.

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T. Kamalaja, J. Deepika Assessment of Food and Nutrient Intake in Female Adults Basing on Body Composition Indian Journal of Applied Research, Vol.5, Issue : 7 July 2015?(16)

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