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One hundred and twenty pre-obese employees of UAS, GKVK, Bangaluru were purposively selected and collected the Information about food consumption and dietary intake by “24 hour recall method” for 3 days on different weeks and average intake was computed accordingly. Sedentary lifestyle, physical inactivity, high intake of calorie rich foods, processed and snack foods, genetic predisposition of non-communicable diseases was more prevalent among subjects. Lacto vegetarian type or mixed type of dietary pattern and lack of physical exercise was predominant in all subjects. The intake of cereals, pulses, roots & tubers, sugar and fat and also mean nutrient intake of all subjects for energy, protein, fat, carbohydrates and calcium were found to be above the RDA, except for iron and fibre.

Key words: Dietary pattern, Pre obese, Employees