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The present study was undertaken to screen the nutritional status of selected adolescent girl as per food habit. Purposively 600 adolescent girl i.e.300 each from urban and rural area of Parbhani district of Maharashtra state was covered. Nutritional status was assessed by using anthropometric measurements viz. measurements of height (cm), weight (kg), mid- upper arm circumference (cm), waist- hip ratio and recorded measurements were compared with NCHS (1977) reference values. BMI was calculated using value of height and weight. Food intake was assessed by using 24 hours recall method for three consecutive days. Quantity of food stuff consumed by each subject was calculated by weightment method. By using food composition table of ICMR nutrient intake was calculated. Further food intake was compared with balanced diet and nutrient intake was compared with the (RDA) recommended dietary allowances for calculating the percent adequacy. The finding of study revealed that the influence of food habit as anthropometric measurement of adolescent girls no specific effect was noted in urban and rural girls with respect to height and weight. Significant difference was observed only for MUAC of urban girls. More percentage of vegetarian girls was normal and overweight also while non vegetarian girls were suffered from one or more degree of under nutrition. Mean food intake of cereals, pulses, roots and tubers, other vegetables, condiment and spices, sugar and jaggery were found to be more among non-vegetarian adolescent contrary intake of green leafy vegetable, nuts and oilseed, fruits, milk and milk products, fats and oils was recorded more among vegetarian girls. The similar trend was noted for percent adequacy of food intake for both food habits. But the consumption of food intake was below the ICMR recommendation. Significant difference was noted for intake of energy, ?- carotene, riboflavin, niacin, vitamin C and zinc. However nutrient intake was found to be lower than Recommended Dietary Allowances except for fat, folic acid and vitamin C. High per cent adequacy was observed for fat followed folic acid and niacin whereas lowest per cent adequacy noted for ?-carotene and calcium Per cent adequacy for other nutrient intake was more than 59 per cent among the adolescent girls belonging to both groups.