Assessment of dietary consumption pattern of selected vegetable growers of district Kangra of Himachal Pradesh

The present study was conducted in district Kangra to analyze the food consumption pattern of vegetable growers. Under this study to evaluate 120 respondents i.e. Small land holder (40), Medium land holder (40) and Large land holder (40) from vegetable grower's families. Surveyed respondents reported that they are consuming on an average cereal (370.14 g/day), pulses (43.00g/day) and leafy vegetable (51.50g/day), highly inadequate in comparison to RDA's. On the contrary the consumption of milk and milk product (369.00g/day) found much higher against RDA's irrespective to pattern of land holding of the growers. The average daily intake of protein, fat and calories also observed deficient. There was an imbalance in the respondents' consumption of various food groups. Therefore, the paper suggests that, in light of the research's findings, extra efforts be made to alter the way that vegetable growers in Kangra consume food and to raise public awareness of the importance of incorporating a range of foods from various food groups into a diet.