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Pattern of Meal Consumption of Girl Adolescents in Kollam

Author(s) Dr.Seena Gopinathan, Dr.Girija Devi.V., Seena Gopinathan
Country India
Abstract The pattern of meal consumption of adolescents were studied among 450 girls in different geographic areas of Kollam through stratified sampling. Non-vegetarian diet regime was followed by 92.7% of girls and 99.2% of urbanites had 4 meals - a - day. Lunch was the main meal for 70.7% of urbanites. The main meal eaten by adolescents had statistically significant associations with their demographic characteristics including locality of domicile (2 = 12.423, p = 0.002, df = 2), type of educational institution (2 = 21.934, p = 0.000, df =1), stream of study (2 = 6.486, p = 0.039, df = 2) and academic status of father (2 = 10.176, p = 0.038, df = 4). Traditional cereal based food items were eaten for breakfast by adolescents from varied localities of domicile on school days (80.2%) and holidays (92.7%). Non-traditional food items which were prepared commercially were consumed for breakfast by urbanites only. A notable 6.6% of rural adolescents and 9.9% of coastal adolescents restricted their breakfast, even on holidays to just a coffee or tea. The evening meal for adolescents from all localities was noted as bakery foods on school days (52.2%) and holidays (57.1%). Rice and curries was eaten as dinner by 97.3% of adolescents on school days. A significant 78.9% of urbanites took less than five minutes to eat breakfast while 69.9% of them ate lunch in more than 20 minutes of time. All the adolescents were satisfied regarding the meals consumed.
Keywords adolescents, adolescent girls, adolescent meal, meal consumption, meal consumption pattern, meal pattern, consumption pattern
Field Sociology > Home Science
Published In Volume 17, Issue 2, February 2026
Published On 2026-02-14
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