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A WE ON THE PROCHOURE OF ESTDUTION GY cALORTR
Fooraly oonenuPeion hats. mow Mu MEUMNGoH ote
BORD IN CONST IXSRMDTWAD SURVEY, NSS 2587 MOUND
1+ At tho roquest of Food and Agricul ture Orcanieation of the Daited
Uations (PAO), the Nacional Sauple Sirvey Organisation (11850) rocently took
up tabulation programe for obtaining the oalorie values of the euexzy=
welding empononts of food consumed in the countxy in recent perind. Tho
Basic inforsetion needed for deriving the required remlte were token firma”
‘the consumer axpenditure sohotute of the TSS 26th round (diy 1971 - June 1972)
As the NSS survey vas not prinerily planned os b nutrition survey, the asin
DOK of the tabulation unsk and the principal pavlen of enmputatinn eonei sted
An conversion of quantity data of food consumption to the corresponding onexyy
of cach state and union territory of India. The households xe clsasified by
per capite monthly expenditure group and the onount of calorie inteke par
consumer unit per dion croup.jor each of théas group of households the table
‘shows -
{o) munber of households in the senpte;
(b) average size (nuber of porems) of hoisehnlas
(e) muter of conmumes untt yer houasbsLay
(a) percentage of caloric intake from five broad food groups; ond
(0) average inteke of dédorie ona protein (ga.) por
conmmes unit por dian. -
3. Por the clossifiestnay itena the following aets of goraps were
‘toed in tetndation t
As Sehonto Antcke poe dion pep cnpeumor unit expup
(AY upte = 1500, (2) 1509 = 1700, (3) 1701 = 1900, (4) 1901 = 2100,
(5) 2101 = 2300, (6) 2301 = 2500, (7) 2501 = Z100,"(B) 2701 ~ 3000,
(9) 3001 = 3500, (10) 3501 = 4000,(11) 4001 & above ond.
(E00 = 45, (2) 15 = 21, (3) 21 = 24y (4) 24 = 20, (5) 20 - 3h
(654 » 43» (1) 43 = 354, (0) 55 = 154 (9) 75°= 7094(20) 100 ond
ebove ana: (11), a12. olaagess
"Gloom, monsis 90214.99 15-21 means 1-20.99 and 90 on 7G+ Zand asnume
I cexcthe, potato, angry Seqgory and cereal wubstitutes;
IT, pulses, nuts and seats;
AIT, mide ond milk products; moat, eqe and fish5
TW. odtile ofts;
VW. froits, vevetsbles, sjtees and prepared fond.
4+ Data gourge | Ae alveniy stated, tho infomation collected in tho
congunc: Gxjenditure murvay of the NSS tvontyeixth round wore usod. Infor
on the subject in tho round vere oollooted frou 4540 villages and 4052 ube
Dleckss In euch saople villege and omuplo beck, 4 hoaseiolds wore gurvoyt
‘on an ayorsgo. ‘The veluo ond quontity of fred oonsuned by 6 aanplo Tounebed
during a porind of 32 days procooding the day of engut=y vas unted fr 104)
food itenn, For the purpose of tabulation, the food quactities havo been
onuvertea into thoir equivalent calorie and protein content. .
So Segvorsion Sectins 1 The facts used for converting the quansity
evtinsten of different fod Ltene Sato these respective caloric aad panto
oquivalonta vere gonmnally taken from a bullotin of the Tndion Cruncil at!
Moaicar Rosoaret!/ sad for othars vere tekon fe those wood in the stuty!
conductad by HEAL on bonslt of USAIDY Watlo far « mmbor of ‘tens the
conversion factors ore direotly availible fra ths Bolletin, for tho of
tens resnuxso to onne indirect mithnde had tn be alton. In fact, the on
tion doto zeenrded in 258 sctodutes, for a Lange numer of food stan, af
not stratchtnay suendeslo tr direct oraversion inte ctlerio toms. Indira
euproraches had to bo ofoptod by using rooulte of sao cthor stucions The:
nature of problens that wore tn ve resclvcd while Gariving tho eppropriay
conversion factors ozo enumerated below r=
(3) In tho echedute of enquiry there, vas only one iten
90 ‘fveah fisi', Dut thero is quite a Lange nunher of
variotioa of fish uhich arc oonsinad by the puople of
‘tho onuatay. While one variety naj have gopular acceptance
An ene reginn another typo nay be more Liked in sono othar
region, The quantity svaileble for eonmunption of a partiot!
vartety :d}1 aloo vaty to a Large oxtont fren region tn tog
Wotther the pmgortion edible nor thic eslnric end pantoin |
contont for those different vorieties of fish are the sme
i rosabsasan sas =
yalse Of Tnalan ‘Yoods and the Planning of Satiafuctory Diote”
ae a.
oy or wore derived by aotuel weighing in tho survey ocaducted
« Hindustan Themacé Assnclates (on behalf nf USLTD). Thea
Te obacrved differences An the respective prepnetions of
‘the nutktonta sve quite Large @o0ig certain verictios. Hence,
ome acrunt of arbitrariness in detamining the conversion
factors for on item Like ‘fresh f1eh! oan nat be andidvd,
() Mo ‘atondard unit! for wnne {twas 1ske "paasaa! ‘onan!
‘mango'y '2ineap lo! eto, is ‘ourber', Dut the oquivalence
chert presents, for sbvicus roasono, the number of eclorios
Gnd weight of protein per 100 ems. of odible protion. Thore
is nomber of varioty of banana vhioh vazy in size (hence in
voight) end tho calorie and protein onntont per untt of weight
of cach variety may eloo aiffor, The Pesportion edidle need ant
de noossersily tho samo lac, th dorive tho ealorio and protein
Yalue of such an iten, toking into consideration the relative
‘effects of all these varisbles wuld ose serious problems.
(e) ‘For seme miscellanonus itens like 'other fruits! other
vegetables otery no direct procedure can be applied for sgsoasing
‘their food values. For some such {tens ‘tho quantity data are
fant recorded. Unite Loing diffrent (for some tteme woight
‘a for athers mabex) for the ovasti mente of thove nieoelieacous
categorie, aggregation of quantity data uss not possibl
Bvon Af quantity date vere cveslasie, thove wuld have boon
of very 1ittd use,
(@) Other composite items 1ike Tenoked meals!, '400 exean!, ‘prepared
swocts', tstecks', 'picklen', jaa, Jelly ote. poss anre avrious
vrebloas. The oonstituunts of auch on item nay vary within widely
apart Linits and in offoot tide divergence in energy valuc per
writ quantity of tun senples of tho sane iten nay occu.
S Derivation of crmmersion feotor Pron the total muber of 101
Stems Listed undor food group for the purpose af conaumer expendi ture
schedule of the USS tvonty eixth round, ‘ten loaf!, "coffee powder! ond
other bevereges' vero Loft out. Out of tho renaining 90 itena, calorie
and pintein contont auld bo dircotly ostinnted fron tho autritinn table
Sor 56 itene. Pox tho rest of tho itens (42 in muxber) indirect acthods
had to de appliod due tn the difficulties mlxeady ommorated, It ie of
course worth anting hore that the voilghtage for uost of the ttena in the
net group 1s Generally ow ca compared th ‘those covered by the second
‘ontogeny Henco even if there ts aay olenant of arm in ostination of
sneray oigvatence of may of thoss itons frm which indirect procodice
of otination hed to bo adapted, ite effect wuld be very little on theori
total calorie and protein consumption. From the xogults of the HSS tventy~
‘fit xmnd, July 1970 - Juno 1971, 4t was obsorved that the itens of Mod
snonadle te atroct conversicn, covered sbout O7 porcont of the total cxpeniie
ture on food im murel aruas and 72 per cont of that dn urben areas.
i of « Por difforence
in nature of the problens invalvod in tho derivation af the onmversicn fsoters
for different itens, the procedures for estination of the fectera could not
‘ve kept uniforms, Bmnornted below azo the nothnda appliod secording to tho
nature of switlea involved in durivatinn of the foctorse
As Wiore oa iten wae found te bo the sano as ca item in tho
List for vnich the oonveraion factors are recdily syailablo and the
ungts aro aleo the sono fur both, tho standard factors wre
Atzgetly apolicd.
Be Whexo the oxnveraion factors par unit weight wexo aizecthy
sraileble’ fom the table but the unit of date ortiection ts
tumber, recults of otier atidies vere used.
CG. Where the quantity is standard unit but Leing o roetanal ites
Like Yother milk productsjits direct conversion to onerey
valuo ws net possible. In sud: casos the valu ond quantity
data feo tho idontifieble itene in the particular group vas
usods The procedure followed te derive indirectly tke conversion
factors for tho itea ‘othr milk products! to sumasripsd below +
(3) the quantity ond yatue deta sore posted ower a sll sample
Sf bousehnide, rantnaly solocted fra each of tho stotes,
seperately for the itons ~ milk (liquid), cendesed and powlared
milk, gheo, butter and curd;
(41) tho quantity dava for the above noctioned idontifiatie itene
wore then oravorted inte the respective celarie and protein
valuos by using standart fucttrs. The total money valuc of
‘those itons vero directly availsblo fron the datas
(444) quantity of pestoin and muabex of colerion ger rupou vere
Thea duzived fron the prolod date fon all tho Ldontitiadle
-fitens in the milk groups
Gis) the vetue date for the ites ‘other nflle producto! of the gmap
yan then ennverted nto eelorie and protein, osmunine that
‘the sane nunbor of caliries and gus. of protein wuld also be
availible fer eno mpoo aa those wre fouit to be in (44).
D, There are wae ‘tone ithe ‘propered oue.te!, ‘gultad nofroehnentat
ote. for which the cononsicn of the enaversion facts could not
easily be dorived. Tio svetpe * of sone poyular variction vere
fiyst escertained. The ingrodients used for preparing theoetema woro converted into oguivelent maibure of calcztes
and geome of protein. The average price for such varieties
wore scortained, Thie the anouat of calaria and pretoin
derivable from wich tens yor xupe0 pent vers eotisoredl/,
Be ‘Tho caterte end protein content of cooked meni: wis eseoned
te be 1200 calorie and 40 gue. of yretoin, a7 thet tin aoale
wold opprnciaately provid the por dion requirement af pminate
petncigios eines conaunuz unit.
7. Tere ds ant such-nutzitiousl value in coffec power and...
‘tue Losvos ee such. Tao nutritive value of prupared ésffeo
ond toa roelly-te due to the nilk und eugar ueod in the
weeprsntina Agence She, Solizie| sad yooteie Goneees SC
(oup OF coffee oz ten vere entimatea fren tho gumelty oF mult
nd sugar vovally added to 6 cups
6. tome Take ‘fiah', ary fish ‘ete, ano nn betta than the
migoc! Lancous itens for the-purpec of ascertaining the
nutritive values. Hore tho dverage valuos of enlorie ant
protein per whit of quantity for ecco popular yarietion
have Boon ueeils Tue quantity’ of proteta eo derived ‘mas of
tte ondor of 14 par cont of. the canea woight of tosh fiah.
Te only ‘tho ettble pasting of Paty te tater, the penpection
of protein 4e nossly 20 poscant /,
0, ‘mo’ chart mowing the’ ittetete Gquaveloncs ‘ates nanpted fre
‘the purpose of cnavuxting £o0d consumption data fam NOG ie gkren ia tho
Appenaix.
Adoptinn of such procodure hes len boen ayggested in "Pregracne
of Ford Gonsumntion Surveve™ - Food and Agricil mo Oxewnigetion of
Mo Taited Nationa, jens 1964.
K, Srilekelmi ~ "Food and Health", Nat Jute of Tngion
Gouncf] of Medical Research, Hyaursbad Oe
Pontein onntont of frosh fish hes boon cbecrved to vary botwoon 15
and 25 nercent of tho edible portion + Marine By MoDivite & Saacti B
Mudoabs = 2. 0] nC
eeeAnpondas
‘CAA SHOWING PADTEIN AM CALONTE CONTENT PAR UOT QULITTTY
oF FOOD (SDIRLE PORPION ONLY) TTS ENLISRED IN THE CONSE
EXPENDITURE SCHDULE OF ASS 26TH ROUND
‘aoe of preted roo
food 4ton unit calories por unit
por unit (in gn.0.0) SP
Reo and ite penducts 3200 15.0 I
Thoet ond ite products 5460 110.0 x
Jowm and ite producto 3490 04:0 I
ree produc’ 3 I
Malse ond Sis pmducts he ws E
Bagh end ite te 5200 73.0 =
‘Barley end its ye 135.0 z
Soall niliets ohd ite 15 bia I
Gzam ad tte producto 3600 0 r
Corse substitutes 00 16.0 I
2osES
Asher Bp 223.0 9
Gram (split grein) a 200.0 mr
5400 250 9 «E
Xoour bi a0 0
= 3470 240.0 am
Khopart 3450 220 020
Poa 3300 000 OE
4300 4200
Other polsos 3400 mo
Pulse products 5400 220.0 «1t
$k op mone
wile (Liquid) Ke. 1000 9.0 |
‘Baby food Kg. 3570 300.0
Milk (condensed, powdared) Kg. #960 250.0 HT
hse Kg. 150 * w
Batter Kg. 7250 = n
cast xg. 600 uo 0 OE
Other site progcte He. 000 Bie BTSC
arate
food tea unit ation Porvante. ° gap
per unit (in @2.0.0)
REOES
Vonenpst Key ~ 4
dastaed of} ar) r s.
Doenmut, oi, Kee 9000 3 x .
Gingolly o$1 Kye 9000 7 ae
Groundnut oft Ke. 9000 S at
Linavod ost Ke. 9000 : r
Refined of Xe. 9000 ay
Edible oi2 (others) Ke 3000 3 a
O41 weed, Kg 5410 220. a
MAD, BOS:t TIS
Gort moat ae Fug. Bo
steed? 1940 105.0 m