Impact of awareness and consumption pattern of functional foods among college going girls in SHUATS, Allahabad

Abstract

Functional foods are a broad term that has attracted significant attention from scientific researchers, health professionals & Journalist. The present study was aim to assess the consumption pattern among college going girls. For the study schedule questionnaire was prepared for interview of respondents, anthropometrical indices were taken. Results showed that 16.67 percent respondents were underweight, 21 percent was IInd grade obese and 60 percent girls were aware about functional foods whereas rest of girls had no idea. Some common functional foods such as tomato, garlic, etc. were consumed in high amount by college girls than some other functional foods like oats, barley, and beet root in daily diets. Therefore concluded adequate knowledge about nutrition is key factor in leading people towards adopting functional foods in their daily diets for healthy eating.