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VOL. 8, ISSUE 3 (2023)
A narrative review on association of food habits & diseases in eastern India
Authors
Manisha Chatterjee, Sweta Kumari
Abstract
India is second largest populated country in the world which has
different diversity in culture, religion and different socio-economic
background. All over India suffering from double burden of malnutrition due to insufficiency
of energy and different life style disorders like diabetes, obesity,
hypertension, cardiovascular disease etc. The main reasons behind double burden
of diseases are lack of proper knowledge, poor eating habits, lack of physical
activity and different abuses like smoking and alcohol consumption. The
objective of this study is to determine the causes and factors of diseases
prevalent in the part of East India and to recognize the food habits with the
prevalent diseases in the particular states of East India. The methodology which
is used in this study is to collection & analysis of secondary data from
google scholar, PubMed, Research gate etc. Study area is Eastern part of India.
Findings was mostly about rural and urban population, tribal from Jharkhand,
Odisha, Nagaland population are found mostly suffering from malnutrition and
some are at risk of non-communicable disease. We found that life style diseases
are very common among the four states Jharkhand, Odisha, Nagaland and West
Bengal. These findings will help to generate awareness in the community and help
to educate the people to get knowledge about nutrition.
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Pages:60-65
How to cite this article:
Manisha Chatterjee, Sweta Kumari "A narrative review on association of food habits & diseases in eastern India". International Journal of Food Science and Nutrition, Vol 8, Issue 3, 2023, Pages 60-65
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