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Assessment of Lifestyle and Food habits disparity in male and female individuals

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Chanchal Bhawna, Shweta Madhwal
» doi: 10.31838/ecb/2023.12.si6.664

Abstract

Non-communicable disease (NCDs) is the major public health challenge across the globe. The major origin of NCDs lies in the unhealthy lifestyle adopted by most of the young individuals. Since there exists a significant difference in the physiology of male and female individuals, lifestyle habits need to be analyzed and tackle in a gender specific approach. Objective: Present study aim to analyze the disparity in male and female gender in terms of lifestyle and food habits so that gender specific approach could be adopted for unhealthy lifestyle. Methodology: Total 100 participants with equal ratio of male and female (50 male and 50 female) were randomly enrolled in the study. Personal particulars like age, sex, address, religion, eating habit, and sleep pattern was analyzed using the prestructured proforma. Only adult participants of both genders were enrolled in the study. Completed questionnaire was collected from the subject. Questionnaire was then scrutinized for any error in it. Compilation of data was done based on sex of the subject, anthropometry method, and food habits. Results: Most of the participants belongs to the age group of 20-40 years. It has been found that most of participants skip their breakfast 1 time in a week, eat vegetables 2 times per day, eat meals 6 times per day, eat sweet beverage and other sweets once a day, eat fried food 1 to 2 times a week, eat high salty snacks such once a week, consume sugar once daily, eat fruit and salad once daily, eat junk food items once a month, eat nonveg once daily, and eat out of the house once in month. There was no significant difference between male and female group for most of food habits. Conclusion: Lifestyle habits of the participants were found to be equally affected for both male and female subjects and need to be addressed to tackle on priority basis

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