Adolescence is the stage of human life between 13 – 18 years of age. It is an important because body changes require nutritional and dietary requirements. It is the psychological and emotional transition period between childhood and adulthood. According to the type of family adolescents tend to eat more meals away from home because of increase in appetite and desire to have fast food. They eat imbalanced foods and also at improper time. Type of family of homes play a powerful role in children’s eating behavior by making food available to them. In single family boy’s adolescents had highest nutritious food habits and fast food habits in boy’s age group of 13-15 and 16-18 yrs. Whereas, in single parents (either mother or father) in both age group (13-15 and 16-18 yrs) nutritious food habits were predominant than fast food. In single father family, nutritious food consumption was more (13-15 yrs) than fast food whereas opposite pattern was found in age group of 16-18 yrs. In girls adolescents; in both age group 13-15 and 16-18 yrs, in single family, predominant fast food consumption was observed than nutritious food. While, opposite trend was observed in joint families. In single parent families, fast food intake was more than nutritious food. Fascinatingly, single mother families, boys of 13-15 yrs age intake of fast food was more than the age group of 16-18 age group. Families of single parent (father), both habits of food intake fast food and nutritional were identical among adolescent girls. In FWMC and FWLC families, the fast food consumption; in age group of 16-18 yrs, were more than nutritious foods. In families having, adopted child and only child in age of 13-15 yrs, the nutritious food intake was more than fast food. Whereas, opposite trend was observed in 16-18 yrs age adolescents.
