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Abstract
Diet and nutrition are important factors in the promotion and maintenance of good health throughout the life cycle. The poor nutrition and unawareness on the utilization of health facilities during their childhood and reproductive age are the major factors responsible for the high maternal mortality. Women’s health is of crucial importance, which is greatly affected by the ways in which they are treated and the status they are given in the society as a whole. Though government of India has been taking several efforts to improve the health status of the women, poverty, gender discrimination and illiteracy in the population are the major problems associated with the implementation of appropriate interventions.