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Women are doing multiple roles in the society which are bearing household and family responsibilities and working outside the home thereby causing poor dietary and nutritional status. Nutritional education with emphasis on the intake of a balanced diet can result in the enhancement of their nutritional status. Hence the present study“ A Comparative Study Of The Impact Of Nutrition Education On The Health And Lipid Profile Of Women (Professionals And Non-Professionals)”deals with the improvement in the blood and lipid profile of women after counseling for six months. Three hundred women from different age groups, professions, economic and marital status and hailing from various districts of Haryana were enrolled for the study. Nutrition education was imparted individually followed by group contacts for a period of six months through modules, lectures, demonstrations, leaflets and visual aids. The subjects in the groups - professionals and non-Professionals showed the positive impact of counseling as a reduction in the clinical signs of malnutrition especially of vitamin B-complex and vitamin C were observed. Following counseling for six months, an increase in the Hb level of the subjects from the groups-professionals, non-professionals and housewives was observed. In the corresponding groups, the haemoglobin level increased to-12.4 to 12.9 g\dl and all the subjects were in the category of non-anaemic subjects. It was deduced that the nearly normal lipid profile of the subjects from the groups-professionals, non-professionals and housewives improved non-significantly after counseling for six months It was observed that increase in physical activity levels, improved dietary intake along with positive life style changes resulted in bringing about the desirable changes in the lipid parameters of women.