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© Kamla-Raj 2004 Anthropologist, 6(4): 257-259 (2004)
Dietary Status of Children of Udaipur District
Aarti Sankhala, A.K. Sankhla, Bhavna Bhatnagar and Alpana Singh
MPUAT, Udaipur 313 001, Rajasthan, India Phone: 0294-2471627, 2471079®; Email: arvindarti@rediffmail.com
KEYWORDS Nutrition. Dietary Essentials. Health Status. Rajasthan
ABSTRACT The present study was undertaken with the objective to assess dietary status of 571 children of 1-12 yrs of age, selected from twelve villages of three blocks (Sarada, Badgaon and Jhadol) of Udaipur district. Findings of the dietary survey conducted using 24 hours recall method reveals variable inadequacies of dietary essentials with situation being more critical in case of b Carotene intake which was not even one fifth of the day’s requirement. Intake of almost all other nutrients was less than 73% of their respective RDAs.
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