Authors : Preeti Dharmade and Manisha P. Kale
Page Nos : 114-122
Description :
During puberty wrong food habits accelerate in adolescent girls and affect their nutritional status, which have impact on their haemoglobin level in blood. Therefore there was the need to impart nutrition education to adolescent girls. Nutrition education has been recognised as a nutritional knowledge improver and good food habit builder. The purpose of the study was to improve their nutritional status through nutrition education and observe the change in their haemoglobin level in blood. The results show that more than 85.17 per cent respondents had positive change in their haemoglobin level in blood after exposure to nutrition education. The„t‟ value ofhaemoglobin level in bloodwas highly significant. The findings support the importance of nutrition education to adolescent girls to improve the haemoglobin level in blood towards the normal range.
