Effects of migration on food consumption patterns in a sample of Indian factory workers and their families

Public Health Nutrition

K Srinath Reddy¹  Neha Khandpur¹  Ambika Satija¹  Sanjay Kinra¹  Shah Ebrahim¹  Liza Bowen¹  Dheeraj Bansal¹  Dorairaj Prabhakaran¹ 

关键词: Migration;    Food consumption;    Factory workers;    India;   

DOI  :  10.1017/S1368980010001254

学科分类：卫生学

来源: Cambridge University Press

【 摘 要 】

ObjectivesTo study the impact of migration on food consumption among Indian factory workers and their siblings and spouses.DesignA cross-sectional study was conducted to assess diet using an interviewer-administered semi-quantitative FFQ from which intake of 184 commonly consumed food items was obtained.SettingsParticipants recruited from factory sites in Bangalore, Lucknow, Nagpur and Hyderabad.SubjectsThe sample comprised 7049 participants (41·6 % female), and included urban, migrant and rural groups.ResultsThirteen food items were eaten by the greatest proportion of individuals on a daily basis. These were all indigenous foods. The proportion of people consuming tandoori roti, dal with vegetables, potato and ghee on a daily basis was highest in the urban sample, intermediate in the migrant group and lowest in the rural group (P ≤ 0·01). The proportion of individuals consuming Western food on a weekly basis followed a similar trend.ConclusionsThe diet of this sample is predominantly indigenous in nature, irrespective of migration status, with the prevalence of daily Western food consumption being minimal.

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