Volume : VII, Issue : V, May - 2017

ASSESS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN KNOWLEDGE ABOUT NUTRITIONAL STATUS AND BODY IMAGE PERCEPTION AMONG ADOLESCENT GIRLS.

Mrs. Harsha Thomas

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 Background: Adolescent‘s nutrition is important for supporting the physical growth of the body and for preventing further health problems. Any nutritional deficiency experienced during this period of life can critically affect the future development of the individual and their off–springs. Teenage girls lack adequate knowledge about how to maintain a healthy food habits, even though they are mature enough to take up the responsibility of their nutritional intake. Bringing attention to a positive body image perception among adolescent students can have an impact on their health outcomes and nutritional health behavior.   Materials & Methods:Structured knowledge questionnaire and checklist was administered to the subjects to collect the data regarding nutritional knowledge and body image concept. Pearson’s correlation test revealed that there is no significant relationship between the knowledge and the perception. Chi– square test and fisher‘s exact test was used to find out the association between knowledge about the nutritional status and body image perception.   Result & Conclusion: The finding of the study showed that there is no significant relationship between knowledge about the nutritional status and body image perception. And also found that there is a significant association between age of the student and body image perception. It was also witnessed that there is significant association between the educational status of mother as well as type of family on knowledge about nutritional status of adolescent girls.  

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Mrs. HARSHA THOMAS, ASSESS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN KNOWLEDGE ABOUT NUTRITIONAL STATUS AND BODY IMAGE PERCEPTION AMONG ADOLESCENT GIRLS., INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume‾7 | Issue‾5 | May‾2017

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