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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="general-sciences" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">2032</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"/><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>General Sciences</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>IDENTIFICATION OF EATING DISORDERS AND ASSESSMENT OF NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF&#13;
ADOLESCENT GIRLS OF ALLAHABAD&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>A.</surname><given-names>Verma</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>V.</surname><given-names>Shukla</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>S.</surname><given-names>Sheikh</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Neerubala</surname><given-names/></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>28</day><month>12</month><year>2011</year></pub-date><volume>)</volume><issue/><fpage>165</fpage><lpage>172</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Adolescence is generally considered to begin with puberty, the process that leads to sexual&#13;
maturity ability to reproduce. The study carried out with the objectives to find out the common&#13;
eating disorders, to assess the nutritional status and to find out the relation between the eating&#13;
disorders and nutritional status of the selected adolescent girls of Allahabad district of Uttar&#13;
Pradesh. An exploratory research design was adopted for the study, Allahabad district, Uttar&#13;
Pradesh has been selected, purposively for research. Survey method was used for the collection&#13;
of data. The sample size was 150 respondents comprising of 55 girls from Allahabad&#13;
Intermediate college, 45 from Arya Kanya Intermediate college, and 50 from Hindu Mahila&#13;
Intermediate college .The survey schedule consist of the general profile, anthropometry&#13;
assessment in which height and weight were taken, dietary assessment by 24 hour recall&#13;
method, and clinical assessment. A standardrized Wellness Worksheet 85 developed was&#13;
used to identify the eating disorder and nutritional status taken. The result revealed that there is&#13;
a significant relation between the eating disorders and nutritional status. The major findings of&#13;
the study were the bulimia nervosa was more prevalent (42 percent) followed by anorexia&#13;
nervosa (40 percent) and binge eating disorder (28 percent). A significant relation was&#13;
observed between nutritional status and eating disorders.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Eating Disorders</kwd><kwd> adolescent</kwd><kwd> bulimia nervosa</kwd><kwd> anorexia nervosa</kwd><kwd> Nutritional status</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
