• DARJI AVANI KIRTIBHAI

Menstrual health is one of the important issue of women’s health and hence affects the menstrual characteristics. The busy and modern life style of today is influencing our food habit. In one hand, the consumption of fast food, caffeine, alcohol and other beverage is increasing. On the other hand, the prevalence of menstrual problems and reproductive problems are also increasing. The reproductive function depends on the hormonal balance which in turn depends upon the type of food and food habit. Almost every woman suffers one or any of the menstrual problems including missing a period, change in the length of the cycle, changes in the flow, colour, or consistency of menstrual blood, and extreme pain or other menstrual symptoms like lower abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, mood swing, irritability, fatigue, bloating, acne, breast tenderness, etc. which is triggered by diet as well as dietary behaviors. Seventy-five percentage of girls experience problems associated with menstruation. Dysmenorrhea and menstrual abnormalities are the frequent problem of adolescent girls. Many researchers have claimed that girls those who take fast food regularly are found to developed menarche in early ages. Premenstrual symptom is significantly high in girls who consume excessive junk food. Menarche is also influenced by fast-food intake. There is a negative association between the frequency of fast- food intake and age at menarche. This observation suggests that alterations in age at menarche from 15 to 16 years in the past to less than 13 years currently.

Assess, Effectiveness, Structured teaching programme, Knowledge, Fast food, Menstrual health, adolescent girls.

"“A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME(STP) ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING IMPACT OF FAST FOOD ON MENSTRUAL HEALTH AMONG ADOLESECNT GIRLS IN SELECTED SCHOOL AT PATAN DISTRICT”.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 3, page no.e791-e798, March-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2403495.pdf

"“A STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME(STP) ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING IMPACT OF FAST FOOD ON MENSTRUAL HEALTH AMONG ADOLESECNT GIRLS IN SELECTED SCHOOL AT PATAN DISTRICT”.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 3, page no. ppe791-e798, March-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2403495.pdf