Study of health and nutritional status of the workers working in knitting industry located at Kanpur, India

Tiwari, Meenaxi; Babel, Sudha

doi:10.31018/jans.v5i2.344

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“…A cross-sectional study conducted in Brazil among workers of different industries found that 19% of the male workers were obese and 42% were overweight which is almost double than our study [1]. Another study conducted in Kanpur India among workers working in the knitting industry revealed that 11% of the workers were overweight which is lower than our study and 10% were obese [27]. A study conducted among US workers showed that 27.7% of the workers met the BMI criteria of obesity which is higher than this study [28].…”

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Factors Associated with the Nutritional Status among Male Workers of Iron and Steel Industries in Bara District, Nepal

Sangroula¹,

Subedi²,

Tiwari³

2020

Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism

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Background. Overweight and obesity are major serious public health problems, since their prevalence is accelerating rapidly not only in developed but also in developing countries. The aim of this study was to find out the factors associated with the nutritional status of the industrial workers in Bara District of Nepal. Methods. An industry-based analytical cross-sectional study was conducted among the 271 male workers using pretested semistructured questionnaires, food frequency questionnaire, 24-hour recall method, and anthropometric measurement after obtaining informed consent from the workers. For the categorical independent variables, bivariate and multivariate regression tests were used for the analysis, and for numerical independent variables, Student’s t-test was used. A P value less than 0.05 was considered significant. Ethical approval was taken from the Research Committee of the College of Applied Food and Diary Technology (CAFODAT). Results. Overweight /obesity was observed among 27.3% of the participants of which 22.1% were overweight and 5.2% were obese. Age (OR: 2.54; 95% CI: 1.346–4.823); ethnicity, Brahmin/Chhetri (OR: 6.14; 95% CI: 1.971–19.123) and Madhesi (OR: 4.641; 95% CI: 1.534–14.04); and smoking (OR: 4.165; 95% CI: 1.972–8.80) were associated with nutritional status of industrial workers. Additionally, food frequency (OR: 2.232; 95% CI: 1.101–4.522), dietary diversity, and total calorie intake were also significantly associated with nutritional status of industrial workers. Conclusions. The study has indicated that more than one-fourth of workers of iron and steel industries in Bara District of Nepal are overweight or obese. Different sociodemographic and socioeconomic factors and lifestyle-related factors were associated with overweight and obesity. There is need for programs for industrial workers focused on nutrition education to raise awareness about nutrition-related problems and risk factors.

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Factors Associated with the Nutritional Status among Male Workers of Iron and Steel Industries in Bara District, Nepal

Sangroula¹,

Subedi²,

Tiwari³

2020

Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism

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“…They are inherently political, as well as technical [6]. These three issues entail choices that are taken by both national governments and international organisations as well as by individual nations [9].…”

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Determinants of food security and availability of healthy and safe nutrition - food security of children in rural Punjab, India

Sharma

Sharma²,

Sood

2021

E3S Web Conf.

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It is critical to ensure that the availability of food, as well as food safety, are preserved in food security systems. This has substantial consequences on the health of world’s population. Food safety deals with food-borne disease, and it focuses on how, where, and what food is handled, prepared, and stored. The healthiness of a diet depends on the nutritional quality of its food. Food security is a multifaceted concept that takes into account several issues and projects throughout the globe. The findings from this study are intended to provide insight into the food security of children in rural Punjab, India. To study the possibility to establish sustainable programmes that assure hot meals for school students in rural Punjab, the primary goal of the research is to do so. Researchers in Punjab have not done any equivalent scholarly study focusing on food security from an economic standpoint. In-depth nondirective interviews were used to find out what experienced professionals thought. The findings reveal the need to increase family and school food resources to meet the nutritional requirements of children in rural regions. Additionally, offering hot meals in primary schools in impoverished communities is justifiable since poor nutrition among school-aged children has both short-term and long-term impacts on their academic success and development. These findings lead to management implications for policy makers who want to measure the effectiveness of national and state funded educational programmes.

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Study of health and nutritional status of the workers working in knitting industry located at Kanpur, India

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Factors Associated with the Nutritional Status among Male Workers of Iron and Steel Industries in Bara District, Nepal

Factors Associated with the Nutritional Status among Male Workers of Iron and Steel Industries in Bara District, Nepal

Determinants of food security and availability of healthy and safe nutrition - food security of children in rural Punjab, India

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