• Ajai P. Krishna
• Dr. Razeena K.I.

Along with nutritional knowledge, the nutritional practice has a vital role in ensuring a healthy body reflected in individuals' body mass index. The present paper is an attempt to quantitatively assess the association of nutritional practice with body mass index. The researcher collected required data from undergraduate college students of Kerala using the Nutritional Practice Questionnaire. The Chi-Square test was used to assess the association between nutritional practice and body mass index. The findings were elaborately discussed with the help of extensive literature.

Nutritional practice, body mass index, Nutritional Practice Questionnaire

" Nutritional Practice and Body Mass Index: A Quantitative Investigation among College Students of Kerala", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.2, Issue 12, page no.840-846, December-2015, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1701534.pdf

" Nutritional Practice and Body Mass Index: A Quantitative Investigation among College Students of Kerala", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.2, Issue 12, page no. pp840-846, December-2015, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1701534.pdf