women's eating habit and their health status

Women eating habits like , eating late food ,inadequate and irregular food had been an established cultural practice in India  for a long time ,irrespective of their economic status. The main reason  behind this practice  is that,  Men’s health status  and longevity are  more important to the family’s economic security  since, they are the main bread winners .If poor women had to do adjustment with left out food after feeding the entire family, the economically independent women too neglect their food requirement due to the pressure of duel responsibility of managing  a demanding job and the household management . Several health economists have recorded  the direct co relation between the poor health status of pregnant women and the lower birth weight of the newborns . But , this problem can be solved only when the mindset of men, who generally s do not spare any attention to the health position of their family women ahs to change . Moreover,  women themselves give more importance to traditions than on preventive health care  of them. Health education to create awareness about the seriousness of this problem  has to become widespread and intensified with the help of primary health  care personnel . After all the family’s health specially that of the newborns revolves around the mothers health .