Assessment of the nutritional status and cognitive function of the adolescent population living in rural and suburban areas with unhealthy eating habits
1 PG INTERN Department of Clinical Nutrition, MMM College Of Health sciences, Mogappair, Chennai, India.
2 Associate Professor, department of clinical Nutrition, MMM College Of Health sciences, Mogappair, Chennai, India.
3 Principal. MMM College Of Health sciences, Mogappair, Chennai, India.
Research Article
GSC Biological and Pharmaceutical Sciences, 2024, 28(02), 262–269.
Article DOI: 10.30574/gscbps.2024.28.2.0307
Publication history:
Received on 12 July 2024; revised on 21 August 2024; accepted on 24 August 2024
Abstract:
Recent years have seen a rise in the incidence of poor eating habits, particularly among adolescents. Modernization and industrialization are making it harder for even rural residents to follow a healthy dietary regimen. The stages of adolescence and infancy and childhood are equally important for different aspects of cognitive and psycho-social development. This current study evaluated the level of nutritional status and cognitive impairment among adolescence from both rural and suburban populations who had bad eating patterns. A total of 100 pupils were found to have poor eating habits during the study, which involved teenagers from both rural and suburban areas. The frequency of foods was used to gauge the unhealthy eating habit. Using food frequency, the unhealthy eating habit was evaluated. The MMSE tool and an aptitude score were used to assess cognitive function. Both the rural and suburban populations' MMSE scores were comparable and typical. The adolescent living in rural areas performed pretty well on the aptitude exam, with moderate scores, as opposed to poor results from the suburban population. The study comes to the conclusion that while the adolescent ' MMSE scores did not show any particularly concerning aberrations, the unhealthy eating habits they had may have contributed to their continued cognitive impairment as they grew older..
Keywords:
Cognitive impairment; Adolescent; Unhealthy eating; MMSE
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