*Research Scholar, Department of Food Service Management and Dietetics, Avinashilingam Institute of Home Science and Higher Education for Women Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
**Associate professor, Department of Food Service Management and Dietetics, Avinashilingam Institute of Home Science and Higher Education for Women Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
Online published on 28 March, 2018.
Adolescents require special attention and nutritional care because of the negative nutritional consequences that may occur as a result of inadequate consumption of healthy foods and physical inactivity. The objective is to assess the BMI, dietary pattern, physical activity practices of Adolescents and to find the relation between the physical activity and energy intake of Adolescents. Fifty adolescents in the age group of 16 and 17 years were selected by purposive sampling based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. The dietary pattern was assessed by 24 hour recall method. A standardized physical activity questionnaire (PAQ-A) including their lifestyle pattern was used. The result indicated that the percentage of underweight is more than obese among adolescents. The prevalence of overweight and obesity of the participants was low among the adolescents. The exercise pattern of adolescence was also assessed and it showed that only 20 adolescents do exercise and rest 30 does not perform any exercise. The energy intake of boys and girls based on their physical practices were found to be statistically significant at p=0.0008 and p=0.0048 level respectively. The physical activity practice of adolescents was observed to be minimal and this may be due to sedentary lifestyles. This is due to increase in access to technology and devices in most societies around the world.
Adolescence, Physical Activity Practice, Dietary Pattern, Exercise
