Childhood Dietary Habits Influencing Cvd Occurrence in Adulthood

Cardio-vascular disease is now a days one of the major contributing cause of increased mortality in both developed and developing countries.The present study titled ¿Effect of dietary habits and life style of childhood on the occurrence of CVD in middle age (30-50 years) in High Income Group¿ involved purposive sampling technique. Purposive sampling technique was used for selecting 100 samples (50Experimental group & 50 Control group) and an interview schedule was used to collect the information regarding socioeconomic profile, dietary pattern, physical activity & life style,dietary intake and specific information regarding the diseases.Comparison was made between the health status and occurrence of disease among the Cardio-vascular disease and Non-Cardio-vascular disease respondents. In the 24-hour diet recall,Statistically Significant difference was found between average consumption of phosphorus (mg) between CVD and Non-CVD groups.Statistically, Significant difference was observed between average calcium, iron, vitamin A,Riboflavin, Niacin consumption in males of sedentary worker group between RDA and nutritional intake of CVD group.