TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sheeja Kamal 
AU  - Nandini P V (Guide)
TI  - Dietary profile of goitre patients
U1  - 640 
PY  - 2000///
CY  - Vellayani
PB  - Department of Home Science, College of Agriculture
N2  - The study entitled tDietary profile of goitre 
patients' compr,ises information on the socio economic, dietary 
and health profile of goitre patients. 
The study was conducted among 100 goi t r e pat ients, 
all attending the thyroid clinic of Medical College Hospital, 
Trivandrum for the first time. 
The socio economic profile of the goitre patients 
indicated that most of the respondents were in the age group of 
16-30 and most of them were females. 
The respondents surveyed were mainly Hindus (other 
backward classes) with high school level of education. 
Majority of the respondents were residing in nuclear 
families with 4 family members and families of the respondents 
were having only one employed person. 
Most of the families had a monthly income that ranged 
between Rs.I000 to 1500 and mainly with a percapita income of 
Rs.300 to 400. 
Based on PQLI, the respondents were grouped into 3 
categories and 'most of the patients were in the category of 
PQLI 13-16. 
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Data collected on dietary pattern and food 
consumption pattern observed that most of them spent the major 
part of their income on food ie. RS.IOOl to 1500/month. 
Among the expenditure on various food items, most of 
them spent RS.301 to 400 on cereals, Rs.201 to 300 on fish and 
Rs.I00 to 200 on roots and tubers. 
On assessing, the frequency of using different food 
items, most of them used energy rich foods like cereals, roots 
 

 
and tubers, sugar and jaggery daily in their diet. 
 

Allong the 
 

 
protein rich foods fish and milk (insufficient quantity) used 
daily in their diet. 
Frequency of using goitrogenic foods revealed that 
tapioca was used dai ly among the most of the surveyed go i tre 
 

 
patients. 
 

The data on tapioca meal and consumption pattern 
 

 
indicated that the most of the surveyed patients included 
tapioca twice daily as a main item in the diet. 
Most of them followed boiling method for cooking 
I 
tapi o c a in a covered vesse I and discarded t he cook i ng water 
once. 
On assessing the actual food intake, it was noticed 
that cereal intake was more than the RDA. The mean nutrient 
l~oQke 
intake revealed that the nutrientsAwere lower than the RDA. 
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Clinical examination of goitre patients indicated 
that most of them were mainly with diffused colloid goitre with 
symptoms of palpitation, swelling and tremour. 
Data gathered on the iodine content in drinking water 
and urinary samples confirmed the presence of low iodine 
content in water and urine. 
An enquiry about the nutritional status index of 
goitre patients revealed that most of the respondents were 
observed to be in deficient nutritional status.

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