• Dr.P.MAGESWARI

Consumption of the junk food invites various health problems. The main reason for junk food consumption among pregnant women was taste. Convenience sampling was adopted to select 25 pregnant women from primary health centre of Burkit Managar in Tirunelveli district. Questionnaire was used to elicit information from the pregnant women. Around 80 per cent of the pregnant women reported that taste is the major reason to select the junk food. Majority of the pregnant women did not know about the side effects of junk food consumption during pregnancy. The researcher identified consumption of millets was less among the selected pregnant women.

Junk Food, pregnant women, Health, side effects

"KNOWLEDGE ON HEALTH EFFECTS OF JUNK FOOD CONSUMPTION AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN IN TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 12, page no.f11-f17, December-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2112502.pdf

"KNOWLEDGE ON HEALTH EFFECTS OF JUNK FOOD CONSUMPTION AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN IN TIRUNELVELI DISTRICT", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 12, page no. ppf11-f17, December-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2112502.pdf