Abstract :

Background: A cross sectional study with random sampling over 442 adolescent of 14 to 19 years age studying in Govt & Private Schools in Mansehra was done  to assess nutritional status by selective anthropometric measurements.

Methods: Food frequency questionnaires were distributed among the students and nutritional assessment was done by selective anthropometric measurements. Descriptive data and correlation was measured by latest SPSS.

Results: Among 450 students of 14 to 19 years 442 students responded the study including (53%) male and (47%) female students, 205 girls participated in the study, 286 (64.7%) participants showed interest in daily exercise while 156 (35.3 %) participants showed no interest in exercise. out of 442 (100%) students 66 (14.9%), were on diet while 376 (85.1%) were not on diet. Out of (100%) students (25.5%), perceived diet impact on nutritional status while (73.7%) perceived no impact on nutritional status, minimum weight of the participants was 41 kg with maximum 84 kg and a mean of 57.25 kg.while (σ) of the Data was 9.74 minimum height was 132 cm and maximum was 185 cm with a mean of 162.97 cm; (σ) was 9.56 of the participant.

Conclusion: Z- Scores and Glycemic loads had correlation with p values 0.5 but with 2 ^**. There was very strong correlation between waist hip ratio and Glycemic loads of foods and p values 0.36 with 2^** in Pearson correlation and p values 0.00 in 2-tailed showed strong correlation.

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Keywords :

Anthropometric measurements, Circumference, Correlation, FFQ (Food Frequency Questionnaire, Glycemic loads.

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