HEALTH AND NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF MALE INDUSTRIAL WORKERS IN BANGALORE CITY
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2015-09-20
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UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK, BENGALURU
Abstract
Non Communicable Diseases (NCD’s) are emerging as the leading
causes of death in the country affecting productivity. Hence the present
study on “Health and Nutritional status of male industrial workers in
Bangalore city” was conducted in the year 2012-13 in Bharath Heavy
Electronics Limited (BHEL), Bangalore. The study covered 100 male
industrial workers comprising 32 sedentary, 32 moderate and 36 heavy
industrial workers. Information on socio-economic background, food
habits, food consumption pattern, dietary intake, anthropometric
measurements, incidence of NCD’s and knowledge, attitude and practice
of food consumption was recorded. Present study revealed that, majority
of the subjects was in the age group 25-50 years. Cent per cent of the
heavy workers consumed four meals per day, 91.7 per cent of heavy
workers were non vegetarians, the mean height of the workers was 165-
170 cm and mean weight ranges from 67- 71.1kg in sedentary workers.
Overall, 56 per cent of the workers were overweight. Among that, 65 per
cent were moderate workers and 50 per cent were sedentary workers.
Blood sugar level revealed that 43.75 per cent of sedentary and 31.25 per
cent of moderate workers were diabetic. Forty eight per cent of the
workers belonged to stage-1 hypertension of which 50 per cent were
sedentary workers. Based on the results, it could be inferred that 65 per
cent of the workers had poor knowledge. Hence, more care need to be
taken to manage the diabetes and hypertension through education, diet
and healthy lifestyle to improve the productivity of the employees.
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