Abstract:

Background: Health is an important component of human development. Women's health and nutritional status is bound up with social, cultural, and economic factors that associated all aspects of their lives, and it has consequences not only for the women themselves but also for the well-being of their whole family. Majority of the poor women are generally affected by to poor nutrition, Gender-based discrimination, dowry system, early marriage, mistreatment and abuse of women, which eventually leaves a negative impact on her overall health. In this context, this study analyse the “Nutritional and Health Status of Women in Tamil Nadu: Evidence from National Family Health Survey” is undertaken. Data and Methods: The present study is based on secondary data. The data has been collected from the NFHS-4 and NFHS-5 Data. Region wise and district wise analysis has been taken for this study. All Women aged between the age group of 15-49 years have been considered as a sample.

Conclusion: Most of the women not have to access proper diet and their health care thus becomes the victim of various diseases. Government shall provide basic health education to the women household members. In overall improving the housing conditions and educational conditions may help to promoting nutritional and health status of the women largely.

Keywords:

Nutritional Status, Health status of Women, Under Weight, Tamil Nadu, NFHS

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