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Background: Adolescence is the period of rapid growth with physical & physiological development andprofound biological, emotional, social, and cognitive changes in human beings. Nutritional anemia is thecommon & worldwide public health problem among adolescent girls and overall prevalence of nutritionalanemia varies from 40-90%. It may produce adverse effects like increased risk of morbidity and mortalityand affects adolescent’s future health.Objective: This study aimed to assess the awareness on nutritional anemia and its prevention amongadolescent girls.Method: A non experimental descriptive design was adopted to assess awareness on nutritional anemia andits prevention among adolescent girls at Keezhakasakudi, Karaikal. A total of 60 adolescent girls between10-15 years of age were selected by convenience sampling technique. Data was collected by using selfstructured interview schedule. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analysis the gathereddata.Results: The study results reported that the majority 63% (38) of adolescent girls had inadequate awareness,27% (16) had moderately adequate awareness and only 10% (6) had adequate awareness on nutritionalanemia and its prevention. The overall mean was 9.6 with standard deviation±2.49. The results of thepresent study also revealed that there was statistically significant association between level of awareness onnutritional anemia with age of the adolescent girls.Conclusion: Nutritional anemia as the major non communicable disease and contributing negative impacton health, it necessitates the need to organize counseling programs to adolescent girls in schools and collegeswith much emphasis on impact of nutritional anemia on future health.