Author(s): Dr. Margrette Leena Valsala

Abstract:
Eating attitudes consist of beliefs, thoughts, feelings, behaviours and relationship with food, and understanding these attitudes may help to understand food choices and the dietary pattern of a population are governed by many factors such as geography of the region, socio-economic and cultural characteristics of the people and their exposure to the world outside, therefore, eating not just because we are hungry and craving nutrients but also for a host of emotional and habitual reasons. Eating is a complex process made up of learned behaviour, social expectations, acquired tastes, and attitudes and feelings about eating in general and about certain food items in particular. The aim of this study was to determine how far the eating attitudes” and its influence over the body mass index among Keralites women’s, also an attempent is made to cautious and reminds about their weight also, an efforts to improve eating attitude, dietary pattern and nutritional status the women in Kerala.

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