Parental Knowledge On The Relationship Between Nutrition And Health Of Adolescent Girls (13-19 Years)

Abstract

Adolescence is the exciting yet stressful time when your child transitions into adulthood. A research was conducted to study the nutritional awareness among parents. Sample size was 20. Data collected from 20 parents having adolescents, those between 13 and 19 years, were interviewed. Some were interviewed twice or thrice. It consisted of both open-ended and close-ended questions. The samples comprised of adolescents’ parents living in Keonjhar district of Odisha at the time of research. Non-random convenience sampling method was used. Parents play the major role in taking care for their children. Though they are providing nutritious food to their adolescents, but due to not adequate knowledge some parents are lagging behind in providing right food to their adolescents, for which their children are suffering from some nutritional problems. For overcoming this problem, the parents should be properly educated so that their children would live a healthy life in the long run.