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A study on "Analysing dietary pattern of Low-income families" was done in the year 2017. Low income families are primarily working families with income less than twice the federal poverty level. The objective of the study was to describe the socio-economic, demographic and lifestyle characteristics with dietary patterns among low-income families. The survey method was done where the pre-set questionnaire was used to collect data about general information, dietary information and 24-hour dietary recall, which was used to estimate average nutrients intake. The mean, standard deviation of nutrients were calculated and t-test was performed. 50 men and 50 women were selected from Ramnaspura and Asmangadh localities. Random sampling measure was adopted to collect data. From the survey, it was found that 54% of samples consume only 2 meals/day, 71% of them skip meals weekly twice, 47% don't consume chapatti, 53% of them consumed fruits occasionally, 54% don't consume milk and its products, 98% of them consume fleshy foods occasionally, 90% don't consume dry fruits, 75% of them don't consume junk food, 98% consume tea before meals(early morning) which make them to skip breakfast, 39% of them smoke small beedis and 64% of subjects consume paan/supari; 20% of them have history of hypertension, diabetes mellitus etc while rest 80% developed de-novo health issues like obesity( due to high rice consumption), micronutrient deficiencies etc. Among the nutrients, energy, proteins, fat and calcium intake were less compared to RDA. From the survey it was concluded that majority of the low-income families consume more rice, skip meals due to high tea consumption and consume very less fruits, chapatti, dry fruits, fleshy foods. Lastly participants were educated regarding healthy eating habits and were encouraged to avoid excess rice and tea consumption. They were recommended to include cheap and easily available foods like green, soybean, rajma, seasonal fruits and vegetables, jaggery, buttermilk etc.
Keywords:
Low income, Dietary pattern, Poverty, Breakfast.
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"A Study on Dietary Pattern of Low Income Familes", International Journal of Novel Research and Development (www.ijnrd.org), ISSN:2456-4184, Vol.8, Issue 9, page no.a383-a385, September-2023, Available :http://www.ijnrd.org/papers/IJNRD2309047.pdf
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2456-4184 | IMPACT FACTOR: 8.76 Calculated By Google Scholar| ESTD YEAR: 2016
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