Survey on impacts of nutrition literacy on the dietary habits of Pakistani girls
Introduction: Nutrition education is a systematically planned set of activities designed to assist in healthy eating choices and other nutrition-related behavior leading to health. Nutrition education is not just learning about foods and nutrients, but learning what to do and how to act to improve nutrition. Nutrition education can be imparted through many locales and delivered by individuals and communities. This education can impart in universities, colleges, schools and food industries etc. The health of teenagers depends upon the daily intake of food that contain enough energy and nutrition which is important for their physical, social and mental growth and development. Intake of sufficient nutrient is important during for young girls because is the time of ardent physical and mental growth. During young age there is increase in height due to hormonal changes, in weight and in skeletal mass which requires increase in nutrition. However, young girls specially remain ne...