Open AccessDietary pattern and nutritional deficiencies among urban adolescents
Author(s) -
Mrigen Kr. Deka,
Anil K. Malhotra,
Rashmi Yadav,
Shanti S. Gupta
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/2249-4863.161319
Subject(s) - medicine , underweight , micronutrient , environmental health , socioeconomic status , malnutrition , food group , cross sectional study , population , overweight , obesity , pathology
Adolescents are considered to be a nutritionally vulnerable segment of the population. There is a greater need to look into the nutritional status of adolescents but unfortunately, precise estimates of their dietary intake, dietary practices as well as nutritional deficiencies have been the least explored area. The general objective for conducting this study was to assess the dietary pattern and nutritional deficiencies among adolescents.