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The Allahabad Farmer Vol. LXVIII, January - 2013 No. 2General Information : - With the help of questionnaire the general informationwas collected like name, age, gender, address, and type of family, number of familymembers, religion, and monthly income of the respondents.Dietary Assessment :- Methods used for measuring food consumption of individualcan be classified into two major groups (Gopalan 2007)The first group known as quantitative daily consumption method consists of recallor records and the second group include the dietary history and food frequencyquestionnaire (Gibson 1990).Statistical Tools :- The Collected data were classified in the light of the objectiveof study. The classified data were, tabulated and analyzed statistically with the helps ofapproved statistical techniques.PercentageThe percentage values are calculated to make simple comparison.Where,nPercemtage = ------ x 100Nn = Number of respondents in the event.N = Total Number of respondentsDeficient percent = (Difference/Standard) x100Difference = Standard - AverageRDA-nutrient (average) x 100Deficient Percent = --------------------------------------R.D.A.RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONTable shows The calorie consumption of respondents a compared to RecommendedDietary Allowances (RDA). Maximum 40.30 percent deficiency of calorie was found inthe age group of 45 to 55 years, 39.17 percent deficiency of calorie was found in the agegroup of 35 to 45 years and 39.08 percent deficiency of caloric was found in the agegroup of 55 to 65 years in comparison to recommended dietary allowances. Table showsthat maximum respondents were consuming low calorie diet. Low energy level amongthe industrial workers was also reported by Annamma (1979).45