UNDERSTANDING THE NUTRIRTIONAL

STATUS,DIETARY PATTERN OF FARMWOMEN AND

AWARENESS PROGRAMM IN VILLAGE MADIRALA
SYNOPSIS
SUBMITTED TO THE OSMANIA UNIVERSITY, HYDERABAD
IN THE PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN
NUTRITION AND DIETETICS

By
Gangavath Swaroopa
1013-17520-022
UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF

Dr. (Mrs) P.ASLESHA, Ph. D

DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND NUTRITION

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE FOR WOMEN,KOTI
HYDERABAD
2018-2019
 CONTENT
S.No CONTENT Page. No
1 INTRODUCTION

2 OBJECTIVES

3 REVIEW OF
LITERATURE
4 METHODOLOGY

5 HYPOTHESIS

6 BIBILIOGRAPHY

7 ANNEXUREES
 1.INTRODUCTION

Women are nutritionally the most vulnerable next to young children in India.
An overwhelming majority of women in rural area is associated with
agriculture. Although women are food producers at farm and household level
their own nutrition situation is not encouraging all over the developing countries
including India. About two third of the manual labour in farming is constituted
by rural women. Irrespective of their degree of affluence , they provide 14-18hr
of productive physical labour every day in a wide variety of activities directly
connected with agriculture , allied and domestic chores (Manju suman 2002).
Women invariability perform the duties of both employees and housewifes.This
dual roles entitles heavy metals and physical effort which often leads to
complete exhaustion of women due to over work .Good health is a requirement
throughout life and vital to women in terms of their daily activities, but
nutritional anaemia is a major problem for women in India.
Malnutrition is still prevalence at significant levels especially in rural areas and
the most vulnerable are children, women is elderly especially of lower income
group. According to the latest round of NFHS-3.39% of rural women in the age
group of 15-49 years suffer from chronic energy deficiency and 58% are
anaemic(http..//www.unicef .org).
To overcome these problems daily diet of the women should be nutritious. But
health is a crucial area were no due attention has been paid for women. A
majority of rural and tribal women suffer from anaemia which leads to low birth
weight among babies (Jhamtani, 1995).
Health is fundamental to human progress .Women’s health status effect their
productivity and their by their roles in society and their own development.
Nutrition is closely interlinked with health. Low nutritional status of women
makes her more prone to several diseases. It has notifying significance in case
of women , because they have to bear and rear children.
Education is the more powerful weapon we can use to change the world.
Women education regarding nutrition is very important because they can protect
their health as well as families health. The report of FAO revealed that women
are often responsible for preparing food and have the chance of educating their
children on the benefits of health and food habits. Nutritional education is an
essential consideration to optimize health of women. Nutritional Education
programmes are important as they target at enhancing subject’s dietary intakes
by promoting behavioural changes such as food choice and cooking ability.
Goal-setting motivation and support the efforts for a change. Research and
Education can change their patterns and can lead to healthy life.

OBJECTIVES
1. To assess the anthropometric measurements of the farmwomen
2. To study the daily food intake of farmwomen
3. To estimate the daily nutrient intake of farmwomen
4. To bring awareness on nutritional importance for their health by
conducting nutritional educational programmes
5. To compile the data using statistical analysis techniques
METHODOLOGY
Methodology is a significant part of any research study which enables the
researcher to project a blue print of the research undertaken
Research Design:
The research design of the study was non experimented
Research Approach:
The approach is cross sectional
Selection of area:
The area of study is Maddirala village, Tekulapally Mandal, Bhadradri District
Target Population:
For the study a sample of 100 farmwomen is selected
Sampling:
A random sampling procedure is adopted to collect data from a sample of 100
farmwomen from the Maddirala village of Bhadradri District
Duration of study:
The study would be carried out over a period of 2 months i.e. during the month
of January 2019 to March 2019
Collection of data:
The study employs a questionnaire, 24 hour dietary recall to elicit the
information from the subject. A self-structured questionnaire and 24 hour
dietary recall are used for the collection of data. The questionnaire includes
demographic information, anthropometric measurements and daily food intake
of the subject and 24 hour dietary recall for 3 days
Statistical Analysis:
The data collected will be consolidated and subjected to statistical analysis
HYPOTHESIS:
The hypothesis is formulated as such
Basic hypothesis - Dietary intake and awareness programme may effect the
nutritional status of farmwomen
Null hypothesis - Dietary intake and awareness programme may not effect the
nutritional status of farmwomen
Expected outcome - Providing awareness programme about nutrition may
improve the dietary intake, nutritional state of farmwomen
 DIET SURVEY
Demographic profile
Serial no:
Date:
Place:
Name of the respondent:
Age:
Type of family:

Anthropometric measurement
Height:
Weight:
BMI:
 FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE

Twic Onc Fort Ocassi never

Food items Dail Dail Alternat e e nightl Monthl o
y y e day a a y y nally
twice once week wee
k
Cereals and
millets
Rice
Wheat
Jowar
Ragi
Semolina
Vermicelli
Any other

Pulses and
legumes
Red gram dal
Green gram
dal
Black gram
dal
Any other

Green leafy
vegetables
Amaranth
Ambat chuka
Cabbage
Gogu
Spinach
Roots and
tubers
Potato
Twic Onc Fort Ocassi never
Food items Dail Dail Alternat e e nightl Monthl o
y y e day a a y y nally
twice once week wee
k
Carrot
Beet root
Onion
Any other

Other
vegetables
Beans
Bitter gourd
Bottle gourd
Brinjal
cauliflower
Cucumber
drumsticks
Kovai
Ladies finger
Any other

Nuts and oil

seeds
Almonds
Cashew nut
Coconut
Ground nut
Walnuts
Any other

Fruits

Apple
Banana
Twic Onc Fort Ocassi never
Food items Dail Dail Alternat e e nightl Monthl o
y y e day a a y y nally
twice once week wee
k
Dates
Grapes
Guava
Orange
Papaya
pomegranate
Sapota
Any other

Milk and
milk
products
Milk
Butter milk
Curd
Any others

Meat and
poultry
Egg
Chicken
Mutton
Fish
Any others

Fats and oils

Ghee
Cooking
Oil
Hydrogenated
oil
Any other

Twic Onc Fort Ocassi Never

Food items Dail Dail Alternat e e nightl Monthl o
y y e day a a y y nally
twice once week wee
k
Sugars
Sugar cane
Honey
Jaggery
Any other

Miscellaneou
s foods
Coconut water
Ice creams
Soft drinks
Tea
Any other