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Young girls are our strongest upholders since they will bear our future generation. It is critical that adolescent girls have sufficient nutritional reserves for the future. Nutrition knowledge plays a crucial role in shaping dietary habits, especially among young adults. Promoting nutrition knowledge and healthy eating habits among college students contributes to their overall well-being and has long-term effects on mental and physical health. As adolescents navigate the challenges of life, yoga can provide them with tools to find balance, reduce stress, and enhance both body and mind connect This study aims to investigate the nutritional knowledge and practice of yoga among college going adolescent girls. Additionally, the study seeks to emphasize the need of nutrition education and regular yoga practice for the holistic growth of college going girls. For the purpose, sixty-two young girls were randomly selected for the study from Dayanand Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Kurukshetra and Hindu Girls College, Jagadhri. The girls were fully informed of the purpose and procedure of the investigation and provided consent at the outset. Questionnaire was developed to assess the young girl's demographic profile, nutritional knowledge and yoga practices approach in life with the help of google form. The results were analysed using arithmetic mean and standard deviation. After submission of the questionnaire their nutritional knowledge was assessed and analysed. It was concluded from the present study that the good number of the studied subjects were aware that whole grains, fruits and vegetable are good for health but didn't know the health implications of excess intake of sugar and fat in the body. The surprising element of the study was that almost all the subjects felt that skipping meals is good for health. The practice of skipping meals is widespread among adolescents. Meal skipping increases throughout adolescence period as they try to lose weight through calorie restriction. The current study showed that not many subjects are practicing yoga regularly so as to bring any favourable results. Furthermore, they are not practicing under any expert guidance to get better understanding of the principles of yoga as from health point of view the subjects must know the health implication of yoga and physical activity. As nutritious diet and yoga/ physical activity are two inseparable parameters of healthy life so they must be taken more seriously in guiding these young girls for future.