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Diabetes, an international public health problem, is an on-going disease and is now emerging as a virus in all developed and growing countries. It is an extreme disease because the pancreas organ in our body can no longer provide the hormone insulin, which is important for the carbohydrate metabolism. If insulin is not available, the body is not always able to metabolize carbohydrates; ends up in too much sugar in the blood. The study was conducted among a total number of 200 college girls studying first year in undergraduate programme in Jamal Mohamed College, Tiruchirappalli. The overall objective of the study is to evaluate the impact of nutrition education intervention on knowledge, attitude and practice among college girls. A pretest was conducted among the 200 girls through a questionnaire to assess their Knowledge, Attitude and Practice on Diabetes. Based on the scores 100 girls were chosen as the Experimental Group and Nutrition Education intervention on Diabetes was given to them. The other 100 girls served as the Control Group. Intervention was not given to the Control Group. The results of the study proved that there was a good impact after intervention on the knowledge, attitude and practice among the Experimental group and no specific difference was noticed among the Control group.