Dietary assessment is the process of evaluating what people eat by using one or several intake indicators. It is the best approach for identifying nutrients that are likely to either be under-or over consumed by the individual or groups of interest. It also can be used to identify food patterns and preferences. Dietary assessment was done through food weighment and dietary diversity to identify the food consumption pattern, food and nutrients intake and food preferences of SHG and Non SHG households. This study was conducted on 120 SHG households and 30 Non SHG households. The primary data was collected from the women. Based on the consumption of food groups data is understood that the diets are having inadequate sources of protein as the pulse, milk and meat intake was found to be less. Similarly the micronutrient intake would have been less due to lack of fruit intake and meager intake of green leafy vegetables. |
