Vegetables and fruits are major dietary sources of fibers, vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. Its importance in nutrition and health is well established. Vegetables and fruits are major part of our food plate, although it has been observed that the dietary pattern of people has shifted from traditional food pattern to modern life style. The daily consumption of fruits and vegetables reduced to certain level which attributes the risk of life style diseases like cardiovascular, diabetes and

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... mia. Approximately --% population consume fruits and vegetables in daily diet. To conquer optimal health became a necessity of young population. Several studies confirms that more than 57.5% girls in India are suffering from major health problems like anemia, CVD, low immunity power and low physical fitness due to wrong dietary pattern, malnutrition, unhygienic environment and lack of knowledge about nutrition. Objectives: The present study was aimed to assess the impact of nutrition education on daily dietary pattern and nutritional status of college going girls. Methodology: A cross sectional study, using food frequency questionnaire and anthropometry measurements was carried out to elicit the data. 200 college going girls (100 as experimental and100 as control group) were purposively selected from the hostel. Nutritional status and daily dietary pattern of the samples was evaluated by using anthropometric indices height, weight, BMI, diet survey during pre and post intervention period. Results: Overall findings reveals positive impact of nutrition education on nutritional status of college going girls. We found positive relationship between existing nutrition knowledge and nutrition education on dietary habits of college going girls.