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Foxtail millet (Setaria italica) is the second-most widely planted species of millet. It is nutritionally superior to conventional food grains and exhibits hypoglycaemic effect due to presence of higher proportion of unavailable complex carbohydrate and resistant starch. Vermicelli is a popular instant food product which is tasty and easy to make, liked by people of all walks of life, irrespective of age and changing lifestyles. Hence, an attempt was made to develop foxtail millet based value added vermicelli. Standardization trials indicated that acceptable foxtail millet vermicelli could be developed by substituting 50 per cent processed foxtail millet flour in the standard vermicelli recipe. In order to improve functional properties of vermicelli further different trials were carried out by replacing wheat semolina with black gram dhal flour. Black gram dal flour was incorporated at 5, 10, 15 and 20 per cent levels by substituting wheat semolina while level of foxtail millet flour was kept constant at 50 percent. Among all the trials, vermicelli with 20 percent black gram dhal flour was found to be highly acceptable. To improve nutritional quality of developed vermicelli an attempt was made to incorporate fenugreek seed powder at level of 1, 2 and 3 percent, among which vermicelli from 1 percent fenugreek seed powder was found to be acceptable as compared to other samples. Cooking, textural and sensory properties of formulated vermicelli were observed and compared with the control. Thus, the study presented an upshot of potentials of foxtail millet as a natural designer health food for patients suffering with life style diseases.

Anemia is the most common nutrient deficiency caused due to deficiency of iron, commonly found in adolescent girls and women. A study on knowledge level regarding anemia among adolescent girls in Dharwad, Karnataka through assessment of the knowledge, attitude and practice among the reproductive age group' was undertaken. A questionnaire was prepared, consisting general information, knowledge level, practices followed and frequency of consumption of foods rich in iron. The government school in the village of Narendra, near Dharwad District of Karnataka State was selected for the study. The adolescent girls (N=60) studying in high school were selected for the survey. Nutritional knowledge regarding anemia was imparted to the participants. Pre and post knowledge test were compared to study impact of nutrition education. Adolescent girls belonged to age group of 14 to 16 years. Family occupation was agriculture 33 (55%) and non-agriculture 27 (45%). Significant increase was observed in knowledge level of adolescent girls from 26.50 (44.80%) in pre-test to 53.00 (87.86%) post-test with t – value of 8.68. No significant difference was observed in practices followed. Green leafy vegetables, other vegetables, milk and milk products were consumed on daily basis. Fruits, germinated grains and fermented foods were consumed on weekly basis. Majority of them that is nearly 70 % of adolescent girls were vegetarians and did not consume meat. Egg was consumed on a weekly or monthly basis. Among nuts, groundnut was commonly consumed. There was no much difference observed in frequency of food consumption between pre-test and post-test. KEY WORDS: Anemia. Iron, deficiency, adolescent

The present investigation was carried out to assess the eating habits of 60 obese adolescents. The subjects were selected by purposive random sampling method from 2 villages of Dharwad taluk. A self structured questionnaire was developed to elicit the information about obese adolescents on various aspects including general information and dietary intake. The results revealed that About 40 per cent of subjects belonged to 13-14 years of age. Almost equal percentage of subjects had vegetarian and non-vegetarian food habits (38.33 % and 36.67 %, respectively) and only 25 per cent of the subjects belonged to eggetarian category. Majority of the adolescents had the habit of eating out side foods (88.33 %). Cereals, fats and oils, sugar and jaggery were consumed by all the adolescents (100 %) every day. Pulses, milk and milk products and other vegetables were consumed by 76 per cent of adolescents every day, Majority of them consumed roots and tubers (83.33 %) every day. Per cent adequacy of boys and girls in case of pulses (99.61 vs 94.05), fats and oils (98.42 vs 100.83) were at par with the SDA. Per cent adequacy of nutrients for boys and girls in case of protein (108.87 vs 120.77), fat (104.87 vs 105.74) were higher than the RDA. Per cent adequacy of iron,  carotene, riboflavin, ascorbic acid, niacin, vit B 6 were lower than the RDA (64. 05 vs 84.84, 17.56 vs 28.34, 44.46 vs 50.88, 41.22 vs 46.67, 81.01 vs 90.03 and 7.77 vs 8.13, respectively). The duration of the light activities were higher than moderate activities (21.10 vs 2.90 hr, respectively). Majority of the subjects were belonged to overweight category (66.67%), followed by likely to be obese (21.67%) and obese category (11.66%). various unhealthy dietary and life style factors and physical in activity found to contribute obesity among adolescents.

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