A Study on Consumption of Omega-3-Fatty Acids and Imparting Nutrition Education Among Adolescents in Puducherry

Abstract

The present study on intake of Omega-3-fatty Acids was carried out among Adolescents. The study was conducted at rural, semi-urban and Urban areas of Puducherry being the native place for the researcher. The data was collected for a period of three weeks by using the prepared tools. The data collection was done by using Google forms framing the questionnaire, as it was a lockdown period due to the COVID-19 pandemic situation and it was framed in English to the subjects, and in case of doubts, clarified through telephone interview. Selection of sample based on purposive method a total of 170 subjects adolescent subjects, those who were willing to participate were selected as the sample. The study population includes subjects only women were chosen between age group 11-19 years to be studied for three weeks. The research comprises of survey and clinical diagnosis of the subjects. The preliminary questions included general socio-economic status of the individual like Age, Gender, Area of the Respondent, Mother Tongue of the subjects, Religion, Educational qualifications, Occupation, Type of Family, Monthly income earned by Family members, and Marital Status of the respondents. Nutrition education was implemented and results based on dietary intake was monitored .