Identification of dietary patterns and nutritional status of young adults in northern area of Bangladesh (Durgapur, Netrokona)
Background: limited dietary diversity is a major challenge and the cause of malnutrition in rural and urban poor households b in Bangladesh. Most families depend on carbohydrate-rich staple food crops and eat few animal products, fruits, or fruits and veggies, having contributed to an increment in t...
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| description | Background: limited dietary diversity is a major challenge and the cause of malnutrition in rural and urban poor households b in Bangladesh. Most families depend on carbohydrate-rich staple food crops and eat few animal products, fruits, or fruits and veggies, having contributed to an increment in the amount of individual’s malnutrition.Methods: This study was a cross-sectional, conducted on 358 participants. Data were collected using pretested, structured self-administered questionnaires and anthropometric measurements were obtained. Data were analyzed using SPSS statistical package and level of significance was set at p < 0.05Results: Among the total population are 79.9% Bengali and 20.9% were ethnic. 57.0% & 43.0% were female and male respectively. 53.6% belong from 18-25 age group. Most of the participants were Housewife (38.0%). Around 39.4% respondents complete the secondary education whereas only 14.8% had no education. Most of the participants belong from medium and high-income group 36.6% & 62.3% respectively. Among the study participants 10% were Underweight, 33.0% belong from normal nutritional status, Overweight 19.8%, Obese 37.2%. Around 68.7% participants have high diversity score and 19% have medium diversified food while only 12% have less diversified food. In-spite of high diversity score most of the people don’t consume fats and oils and vitamin A rich foods. A significant relationship was found with nutritional status and age, gender, occupation, monthly income as p value was <0.05.Conclusion: The female participants were suffering from malnutrition than their counterparts. The prevalence of underweight among female was 6 times higher than male. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-af22b87e4d4d4cc48fbf1ea7e07090da2023-02-08T04:56:41ZengShiraz University of Medical SciencesInternational Journal of Nutrition Sciences2538-18732538-28292022-12-017418719410.30476/ijns.2022.97101.120748920Identification of dietary patterns and nutritional status of young adults in northern area of Bangladesh (Durgapur, Netrokona)Md Salehin0Md Asaduzzaman1Rukhshana Islam2Regional Station Netrokona, Bangladesh Institute of Research and Training on Applied Nutrition (BIRTAN), BangladeshDepartment of Public Health Nutrition, Primeasia University, Banani, Dhaka, BangladeshApplied Nutrition and Food Technology Department, Islamic University, BangladeshBackground: limited dietary diversity is a major challenge and the cause of malnutrition in rural and urban poor households b in Bangladesh. Most families depend on carbohydrate-rich staple food crops and eat few animal products, fruits, or fruits and veggies, having contributed to an increment in the amount of individual’s malnutrition.Methods: This study was a cross-sectional, conducted on 358 participants. Data were collected using pretested, structured self-administered questionnaires and anthropometric measurements were obtained. Data were analyzed using SPSS statistical package and level of significance was set at p < 0.05Results: Among the total population are 79.9% Bengali and 20.9% were ethnic. 57.0% & 43.0% were female and male respectively. 53.6% belong from 18-25 age group. Most of the participants were Housewife (38.0%). Around 39.4% respondents complete the secondary education whereas only 14.8% had no education. Most of the participants belong from medium and high-income group 36.6% & 62.3% respectively. Among the study participants 10% were Underweight, 33.0% belong from normal nutritional status, Overweight 19.8%, Obese 37.2%. Around 68.7% participants have high diversity score and 19% have medium diversified food while only 12% have less diversified food. In-spite of high diversity score most of the people don’t consume fats and oils and vitamin A rich foods. A significant relationship was found with nutritional status and age, gender, occupation, monthly income as p value was <0.05.Conclusion: The female participants were suffering from malnutrition than their counterparts. The prevalence of underweight among female was 6 times higher than male.https://ijns.sums.ac.ir/article_48920_c5e76083239406f696a34dd346cbcb4b.pdfdietary diversity scorebangladeshmalnutritionnetrokonabirtan |
| spellingShingle | Md Salehin Md Asaduzzaman Rukhshana Islam Identification of dietary patterns and nutritional status of young adults in northern area of Bangladesh (Durgapur, Netrokona) International Journal of Nutrition Sciences dietary diversity score bangladesh malnutrition netrokona birtan |
| title | Identification of dietary patterns and nutritional status of young adults in northern area of Bangladesh (Durgapur, Netrokona) |
| title_full | Identification of dietary patterns and nutritional status of young adults in northern area of Bangladesh (Durgapur, Netrokona) |
| title_fullStr | Identification of dietary patterns and nutritional status of young adults in northern area of Bangladesh (Durgapur, Netrokona) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Identification of dietary patterns and nutritional status of young adults in northern area of Bangladesh (Durgapur, Netrokona) |
| title_short | Identification of dietary patterns and nutritional status of young adults in northern area of Bangladesh (Durgapur, Netrokona) |
| title_sort | identification of dietary patterns and nutritional status of young adults in northern area of bangladesh durgapur netrokona |
| topic | dietary diversity score bangladesh malnutrition netrokona birtan |
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