www.theinternationaljournal.org > RJSSM: Volume: 06, Number: 05, September 2016 Page 63 Evaluation of Daily Food Intake Trend in Allahabad District: A Geographical Study Amit Kumar Singh Senior Research Fellow Dr. Pawan Kumar Bhaskar Post-Doctoral Fellow Dr. V.K.Kumra Professor Department of Geography, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi Abstract Proper and adequate nutrition is essential for good health of men and women not only in urban areas but also in rural. The food behavior is directly related to nutritional and health status of individual. There is need of sufficient amount of nutrients in the form of daily diet for the maintenance of good health. Many factors, particularly socio-economic such as living condition and other factors related to dietary intake influence the nutritional status. Malnutrition causes increasing illness, morbidity and mortality as well as diminishing the quality of life (Antia,1989). In this present study an attempt has been made to analyse the socio-economic factors that influence the nutritional status and health of people living in Allahabad district. It is based on primary data collected through personal survey based on randomly chosen samples in the study area. Various statistical methods are used for analysis of the data. It reveals that dietary intake is higher among respondents of general caste than the other caste. It is also observed that younger women diet intake is slightly better than older women. Key Word: Nutritional status, Malnutrition, Meal. Introduction India has become self-sufficient in production of food grains after launching green revolution in 1970 s . Despite all efforts under nutrition is still a serious problem especially faced in rural areas. While we are in the midst of combating these long-standing problems of under nutrition in children and women, a new situation has arisen. The World Bank has predicted that coronary heart disease will become the leading cause of premature death in India by 2015 and that the maximum number of diabetic patients in the world will be in India (Bulatao and Stephens 1992). Nutrition deals with the digestion, absorption and metabolism of food that is nourishing the body. It is a science that refers to the relationship of food to the functioning of living organism. It includes the uptake of food, liberation of energy, elimination of wastes and al the processes of synthesis essential for maintenance, growth and reproduction (Pike and Brown, 1984). Food from where we get all nutrients such as carbohydrate, fat, protein, vitamins, minerals and water, does influence our health. However improper food intake not only responsible for ill health but also there are numbers of other factors also play an important causative role. Good health is a complete physical, mental and social well being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity (World Health Organization, 1948). The major challenge in the field of nutritional sciences is to analyze how food insecurity interacts with poverty status to influence important health outcomes and overall quality of life. Poverty and low socioeconomic status have well-documented relationships to poor health status (Link and Phelan 1996). However balance diet meet our day to day nutrient requirements as well as provide an extra allowance of the nutrients to our body, which can be used in condition of stress. On the other hand malnutrition is result of deficiency, excess or imbalance of nutrients that provide improper growth maintenance and repair to our body. At India level the number of meals eaten at home by household members had decreased by 0.57% in the