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for a long time after taking koozh." It was also obn~wed that 1110 ~iiti~ke 01 1111th 1111lk
products, fnilts, eggs and meat was negligible by all sect~ons of people
People
generally cooked once a day only Dunng vlslts to the vlllage it was nottcea that all the
fam~ly members ate the same type of food Thls was also brought out in focus group
d~scussions A 35 year old woman sa~d, "We all eat the same food We don't cook
separate food for ch~ldren and for adults." Many people expressed a s~mllar oplnton
(ii) Other epidemiological methods
Details about dietary intake were obtained by 24 hour recall method once a month, for
one year from the cohort. The nutrients included calories, proteins, vitamin A, thiamine
(vitamin BI) riboflavin (vitamin B2), niacin and iron. The nutrient intake for girls and boys
are compared with the recommended dietary allowance (RDA) for each age in Tables
510 A - 5.llE. The intake of all the nutrients considered were found to be signif~cantly
less than the RDA for both girls and boys in most of the age groups (p < 0.05). As for
as the intake of calories was concerned, it was more than the RDA for g~rls at 5 years
of age. For boys in the same age, it was almost equal. In the rema~ning ages, it ranged
from about 55.0%-97.0%, lower values being found in the adolescent age group
(Figures. 3). The protein intake was almost normal up to 9 years of age after which li
became less and was around 55.0%-85.0% of the RDA (Figum 5.4). Among vltamlns,
th~amine intake was found to be equal to the RDA in a few individual in age groups in
both the genders, and In others, it was over 75.0%. The intake of other vitamins and
iron was mu& less than the RDA ranging from about 7.0% to 75.0°/o. A wide variation
was obsewed in the intake of various nutrients over a penod of one year,
Particularly with respect to vitamin A (Figures 5.5 A5.5G). The difference between the