_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ † Assistant Professor; *Corresponding author: E-mail: jothipriya.sdc@saveetha.com, a.jothipriya88@gmail.com; Journal of Pharmaceutical Research International 33(60B): 2939-2946, 2021; Article no.JPRI.78822 ISSN: 2456-9119 (Past name: British Journal of Pharmaceutical Research, Past ISSN: 2231-2919, NLM ID: 101631759) Assessment of Nutritional Status among Male and Female Undergraduate Students of Saveetha Dental College M. Preethi Raj a , A. Jothi Priya b*† and R. Gayatri Devi b† a Saveetha Dental College and Hospital, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai - 600077 India. b Department of Physiology, Saveetha Dental College and Hospital, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai - 600077 India. Authors’ contributions This work was carried out in collaboration among all authors. Author AJP performed the statistics approval, approval of the manuscript. Author MPR managed the Literature search, data collection, analysis and wrote first draft of the manuscript. Author RGD approved the final manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Article Information DOI: 10.9734/JPRI/2021/v33i60B34963 Open Peer Review History: This journal follows the Advanced Open Peer Review policy. Identity of the Reviewers, Editor(s) and additional Reviewers, peer review comments, different versions of the manuscript, comments of the editors, etc are available here: https://www.sdiarticle5.com/review-history/78822 Received 20 October 2021 Accepted 25 December 2021 Published 27 December 2021 ABSTRACT A rational way of nourishment, combined with adequate physical activity, are the basic components of maintaining proper body condition. The aim of the study was to evaluate nutritional status among male and female undergraduate students of Saveetha dental college. A cross sectional survey of different questions, dietary patterns was conducted with a sample of 184 students (I, II, III, IV, and V students). Survey was conducted via google form through random sampling to identify undernutrition in the sample. Questionnaires were based on dietary health patterns and nutritional status in day to day life. The sample size for this study is about 184 participants and at the end of the survey, all the data were collected and analysed by using IBM SPSS software. The results obtained was the majority of the students are at normal weight and the scores met optimal levels. This suggests good quality and quantity of diet. Original Research Article