Nutritional Status of Beneficaries of Mid-Day Meal Programme in Kashipur (Udham Singh Nagar District, Uttarakhand)

The present study entitled “Nutritional status of beneficiaries of Mid-Day Meal programme in Kashipur (Udham Singh Nagar District) Uttarakhand� The study was undertaken with the following objectives to find out the nutritional status of selected beneficiaries of mid-day meal in government schools and to find out the nutrient content of mid-day meal provided by the government schools. A total of 150 mid-day meal beneficiaries were selected for the present study. Seventy five from Uday Raj Hindu Inter College and seventy five from Roop Kishore Lalmani Arya Kanya Inter Collage, Kashipur (Udham Singh Nagar District) Uttarakhand were selected randomly for the study. Among the 150 students, 75 percent were boys and 75 percent were girls. Survey method was adopted to collect the data from selected respondents with the help of pre tested schedule. The mid-day meal beneficiaries were personally interviewed during the period of study for the collection of required information, schedule included data on a general information, Anthropometric measurement, Clinical assessment and Dietary information. The results obtained after the survey conducted showed that the average height and weight of Mid-Day Meal beneficiaries girls were better than the boys. In boys mean daily intake of energy, protein, calcium, vitamin A, β carotene and vitamin C were lower than the RDA and in girls, protein, calcium, vitamin A, β carotene and vitamin C were lower than the RDA. So it is concluded that nutritional status of Mid-Day Meal beneficiaries Both Boys and girls were lower than the ICMR RDA (2010) because of poor economic condition. The nutrient content of Mid-Day Meal which were provided by the government schools were found be higher in macro nutrients like energy, protein, fat, carbohydrate and calcium.