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The present study was carried out to find out the nutritional status of three tribal populations- Santhal, Ho and Bhumij, inhabiting in different environmental conditions i.e. industrialized and dense forested regions of Jharkhand State. The Population inbabiting in industrialized region have least calorific intake (Santhal- 1967.
25 K.Cal: Ho- 2003.20 K.Cal. and Bhumij-1942. 11 K.Cal) than the population of dense forested region (2553.
30 K.Cal. Ho-2426.86 K.Cal. and Bhumij 2008.18 K.Cal.}. No doubt, industrialization provides better opportunities to earn money but its major portion is wasted on the elevation of so called standard of living and the Theka (Wine shop) besides, immigration among tribal also resulted in changed nutritional as well as calorific intake. The diet of these tribal populations is inadequate as per Indian standards. The deficiency in diet is both qualitative and quantitative, as a result population suffers from a large number of nutritional disorders like anemia, night blindness, bigot spot etc. on the basis of the study it is suggested that a short term training programme should be launched at Panchayat level to provide knowledge of balanced diet or essential nutrients of the food as per requirements of Men, Women and children.
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Gupta S. P. 1974. Tribes of Chotanagpur Plateau. An Ethano-Nutritional and Pharmacological Cross Section. Bihar. Tribal Welfare Research Institute, Ranchi.
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Jain S. K. and De J. N. 1964. Some less known foods among the tribal ofpurebia (West Bengal). Science and Culture. 30, 285- 2865.
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Rao H. D., Mathur Y. N. Radhaiah G. and Rao, P. N. 1986. Health and Nutritional status of Tribal in Madhya Pradesh (Research Project) NIN, Hyderabad.
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