Abstract
Nutrition is the key element for a human to survive. Malnutrition is a major problem of third world countries especially their women are more malnourished than the opposite gender. The main objective of present study was to explore the nutritional status of rural women in the research area. To probe into the matter, out of fourteen rural Union Councils (UCs) of tehsil Fateh Jung, two UCs were randomly selected. From each selected Union Council, 5 villages were selected randomly and a sampling frame was constructed by enlisting the names of females. A sample size of 120 respondents was selected through simple random sampling technique by selecting twelve women from each selected village. They were interviewed through a reliable and validated interview schedule. The data collected, were processed through statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) and a caloric counter was designed to find categories of nutritional status of rural women. The results show that the food intake of respondents in terms of calories was much less than the recommended ones. This research study highlighted the need to reframe their diet pattern by opening the new horizons of income generating activities, enhancing non-formal education facilities such as extension services, and application of gender specific poverty reduction strategies. Key Words: Analysis, nutritional status, farm women
