| Autor: |
M. Hafizur Rahman, Sabir Hossain, Asad Ud Daula, Salim Raza, Shakh Ma. Rouf, Md. Tanvir Sarwar, G. M. Mosarrof Hossain |
| Rok vydání: |
2013 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
American Journal of Life Sciences. 1:278 |
| ISSN: |
2328-5702 |
| DOI: |
10.11648/j.ajls.20130106.17 |
| Popis: |
This study deals with the nutritional profile of adolescent girls on the basis of data collected from sample survey of 300 respondents from Khagrachhari district in Chittagong hill tracts region of Bangladesh by cross sectional method. This study found that about 66.00% of adolescent girls lived in rural and only 34.00% lived in urban area of Khagrachhari district. About 93.00% of adolescent girls were tribes and only 7.00% were Bengali. According to the BMI level 41.33% of adolescent girls were underweight, 35.00% normal, 8.33% overweight and 6.67% obese. Their nutritional status were very poor because 65% adolescent girls intake low food, 15.67% undergo married during adolescent period. Among the adolescent girls the percentage of non school going was 11.60 and above class eight were only 21.67. The light spark of this study is 28.34% of the adolescent girl's intake diet more than the normal (1900 kcal. per day), 63.40% maintains hygienity. Study also shows that nutritional awareness developed 43.33% through mass media such as Television, Radio and Newspaper. Friends and family members also play a vital role to improve their nutritional awareness. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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