CHANGE IN DIETARY HABITS AND ASSESSMENT OF NUTRITION AMONG KONDA REDDY COMMUNITY IN ANDHRA PRADESH
Authors :Akhil Unnikrishnan1
Abstract
Change in dietary habits has been a question while studying any culture. This is because the change could be due to various reasons including assimilation of cultures, change in the economy, deforestation leading to limited and new alternate resources. Previous Anthropological studies on food have established themselves into a subdiscipline, but what's more significant to focus on is how the change in food consumption is occurring. In the new era of globalization, it has relevance as indigenous forms of dietary practice are becoming invisible. Thus, this study focuses on the reason for the change in Dietary habits among the Konda Reddy community, a community in Andhra Pradesh how it is reflected in their culture. The dietary habits are a reason for how the nutrition effects on people. Most of the communities have experienced change in their dietary habits which in turn has affected their nutrition. It affects the overall nutrition of the community. Here in this study the nutritional pattern of Konda Reddy community in Andhra Pradesh is accessed. Nutrition is understood among the 43 children of the community through anthropometric measurements.
