Impact of Consumption of Fruits and Vegetables to Improve Nutritional Quality of Diet of Adolesent Girls. (A Comparative Study in Various Economic and Educational Groups in Hazaribag)

Adolescence age under goes in a journey from the world of the child to the world of the adult. Mostimportance of this stage due to growth and development as a major issue in the life span. To improve thenutritional quality of diet of adolescent girls, it is necessary to add colourful fruits and vegetables andtheir product because they contain phytonutrients. Phytonutrients protects them from chronic diseases.The main objective was to know the dietary pattern, nutritional knowledge and likes and dislikes ofadolescent girls and addition of colourful fruits and vegetables and their product in their dietaryconsumption. Under the present study addition of fruits and vegetable found in very less amount especiallyin low economic groups. It was seen that the overall dietary quality was better of children of high educatedand middle-income group because they add better number of fruits and vegetables and their product intheir dietary consumption. Hence, the education is main factor to influence nutritional quality of dietcompared to income.