Pub Date : 2015-02-23DOI: 10.1504/IJFSNPH.2015.067561
H. M. Al-Mazeedi, A. Abbas, Wafaa Y Al-Jouhar, S. Al-Mufty, Yousef A. Al-Mendicar
The Food Safety Review (FSR) is a partnership between industry, government, academia, and the consumer. The reason for our review is to increase consistency among local health departments and their interpretations of the state food service rules. The mission of the FSR is to work in partnership with the Department of Health in developing advisory technical interpretations of the state food service regulations and other matters relating to Kuwait Administrative Code, interpretation of food handling practices and processes, guidance on ‘equivalency’ determinations, providing recommendations for revisions to the Kuwait State Board of Health, and finally, facilitating communications to all stakeholders regarding FSR activities and actions. This review gives a comprehensive evaluation of the safety and quality of food consumed in the state of Kuwait. The database presented in this review has been gathered from projects, local Kuwait conferences and published papers, by different scientists in Kuwait, regarding food safety, quality, health, spoilage, contaminants, and general awareness of hygiene. As a result of the information presented in this review a detailed action plan for the strengthening of Kuwait Food Safety System is proposed.
{"title":"Food Safety Review in the State of Kuwait as a part of Arab Gulf Area","authors":"H. M. Al-Mazeedi, A. Abbas, Wafaa Y Al-Jouhar, S. Al-Mufty, Yousef A. Al-Mendicar","doi":"10.1504/IJFSNPH.2015.067561","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJFSNPH.2015.067561","url":null,"abstract":"The Food Safety Review (FSR) is a partnership between industry, government, academia, and the consumer. The reason for our review is to increase consistency among local health departments and their interpretations of the state food service rules. The mission of the FSR is to work in partnership with the Department of Health in developing advisory technical interpretations of the state food service regulations and other matters relating to Kuwait Administrative Code, interpretation of food handling practices and processes, guidance on ‘equivalency’ determinations, providing recommendations for revisions to the Kuwait State Board of Health, and finally, facilitating communications to all stakeholders regarding FSR activities and actions. This review gives a comprehensive evaluation of the safety and quality of food consumed in the state of Kuwait. The database presented in this review has been gathered from projects, local Kuwait conferences and published papers, by different scientists in Kuwait, regarding food safety, quality, health, spoilage, contaminants, and general awareness of hygiene. As a result of the information presented in this review a detailed action plan for the strengthening of Kuwait Food Safety System is proposed.","PeriodicalId":14113,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Food Safety, Nutrition and Public Health","volume":"35 1","pages":"110"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-02-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78140155","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2015-02-23DOI: 10.1504/IJFSNPH.2015.067568
P. Dawson, I. Han, Danielle Lynn, Catherine Bailey, Austin Taylor, R. Martinez-Dawson
The study’s first phase identified bacteria recovered from ping pong balls used in games played by the general public. Ping pong balls were collected from uncontrolled environments and analysed according to playing location. Results showed that the highest levels of contamination were observed in games played outside, with a mean of 5.3 log CFU/ball, while the lowest levels were observed for games played over carpeted surfaces, with a mean of 2.8 log CFU/ball. In terms of identification, four distinct bacterial types were selected for presumptive identification based on their appearance on agar plates. The second part of the study examined bacterial transfer from inoculated ping pong balls to beer. Using a non-pathogenic E. coli strain as the inoculum, the mean level of contamination was 4.9 log CFU/ball. Overall, the results for both parts of this study demonstrate that the game of beer pong is a source of bacterial transfer.
{"title":"Bacterial transfer to beverages during drinking games: ‘beer pong’","authors":"P. Dawson, I. Han, Danielle Lynn, Catherine Bailey, Austin Taylor, R. Martinez-Dawson","doi":"10.1504/IJFSNPH.2015.067568","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJFSNPH.2015.067568","url":null,"abstract":"The study’s first phase identified bacteria recovered from ping pong balls used in games played by the general public. Ping pong balls were collected from uncontrolled environments and analysed according to playing location. Results showed that the highest levels of contamination were observed in games played outside, with a mean of 5.3 log CFU/ball, while the lowest levels were observed for games played over carpeted surfaces, with a mean of 2.8 log CFU/ball. In terms of identification, four distinct bacterial types were selected for presumptive identification based on their appearance on agar plates. The second part of the study examined bacterial transfer from inoculated ping pong balls to beer. Using a non-pathogenic E. coli strain as the inoculum, the mean level of contamination was 4.9 log CFU/ball. Overall, the results for both parts of this study demonstrate that the game of beer pong is a source of bacterial transfer.","PeriodicalId":14113,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Food Safety, Nutrition and Public Health","volume":"354 1","pages":"151"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-02-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75497256","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2015-02-23DOI: 10.1504/IJFSNPH.2015.067575
R. Pasupathy, M. Coppola, R. Posteraro
Obesity is rapidly increasing in the USA. It is one of the most serious public health problems that significantly increase the risk of many chronic illnesses. Obesity disproportionately affects people with lower incomes and minority groups and imposes a heavy financial burden on the healthcare system in the USA. Thus, there is a critical need for healthcare policies that are designed to stem the growth of obesity. The aims of this paper are to discuss the cost of obesity to the national healthcare expenditure, and to present and discuss various policies and strategies adopted by several states across the country to prevent the growth of obesity. Additionally, the role of interest groups and political will with respect to formulating healthcare policies on preventing obesity are discussed. A multifaceted approach that incorporates market and cultural forces is recommended to prevent obesity and reduce healthcare costs.
{"title":"A public health policy approach to reducing economic and health costs of obesity in the USA","authors":"R. Pasupathy, M. Coppola, R. Posteraro","doi":"10.1504/IJFSNPH.2015.067575","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJFSNPH.2015.067575","url":null,"abstract":"Obesity is rapidly increasing in the USA. It is one of the most serious public health problems that significantly increase the risk of many chronic illnesses. Obesity disproportionately affects people with lower incomes and minority groups and imposes a heavy financial burden on the healthcare system in the USA. Thus, there is a critical need for healthcare policies that are designed to stem the growth of obesity. The aims of this paper are to discuss the cost of obesity to the national healthcare expenditure, and to present and discuss various policies and strategies adopted by several states across the country to prevent the growth of obesity. Additionally, the role of interest groups and political will with respect to formulating healthcare policies on preventing obesity are discussed. A multifaceted approach that incorporates market and cultural forces is recommended to prevent obesity and reduce healthcare costs.","PeriodicalId":14113,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Food Safety, Nutrition and Public Health","volume":"77 1","pages":"184"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-02-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83742253","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2015-02-23DOI: 10.1504/IJFSNPH.2015.067572
Maria Liousia, Panagiota Gousia, V. Economou, H. Sakkas, C. Papadopoulou
During a 12-month period, 138 tissue samples (muscle, liver, kidney) were screened for antibiotic residues (ARs), using the five-plate STAR test. Samples positive to one or more antibiotics were detected in 33.9% of the chicken samples and in 26% of the pig samples. All the chicken liver samples, 32.2% of the chicken muscle and 14% of the swine liver samples were positive to sulphonamides and β-lactams, 25% of the kidney, 11.1% of the liver and 4% of the muscle tissue of the swine samples and 1.7% of the chicken muscle samples were positive to tetracycline, 12.5% of the kidney and 4% of the muscle swine samples were positive to aminoglycosides and macrolides. No quinolone residues were detected in any samples. The use of a microbiological method such as the STAR-test, for ARs screening in food is an effective low cost scheme indicating potential contamination with ARs.
{"title":"Screening for antibiotic residues in swine and poultry tissues using the STAR test","authors":"Maria Liousia, Panagiota Gousia, V. Economou, H. Sakkas, C. Papadopoulou","doi":"10.1504/IJFSNPH.2015.067572","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJFSNPH.2015.067572","url":null,"abstract":"During a 12-month period, 138 tissue samples (muscle, liver, kidney) were screened for antibiotic residues (ARs), using the five-plate STAR test. Samples positive to one or more antibiotics were detected in 33.9% of the chicken samples and in 26% of the pig samples. All the chicken liver samples, 32.2% of the chicken muscle and 14% of the swine liver samples were positive to sulphonamides and β-lactams, 25% of the kidney, 11.1% of the liver and 4% of the muscle tissue of the swine samples and 1.7% of the chicken muscle samples were positive to tetracycline, 12.5% of the kidney and 4% of the muscle swine samples were positive to aminoglycosides and macrolides. No quinolone residues were detected in any samples. The use of a microbiological method such as the STAR-test, for ARs screening in food is an effective low cost scheme indicating potential contamination with ARs.","PeriodicalId":14113,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Food Safety, Nutrition and Public Health","volume":"29 1","pages":"173"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-02-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74023903","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2015-02-23DOI: 10.1504/IJFSNPH.2015.067557
S. Wunderlich, Yeon K. Bai, M. O’Malley, S. Chung
The elderly population in the USA is rapidly growing and is expected to reach 72 million people by 2030, more than double the number in 2000. Older adults are more likely than younger adults to contract foodborne illness and therefore they experience more health complications from food contamination. As the elderly population increases, the number of participants in government-sponsored programmes such as congregate meals will also surge and more elderly people will become dependent on these meals for their daily nutritional needs. The purpose of this study is to evaluate food safety practices and to examine the benefit of additional monitoring of the facilities that provide food to the elderly. The four-year (2009–2012) survey of senior sites indicated a significant increase in the percentage of menus planned by dieticians and nutritionists from 2010 to 2012. Dieticians and nutritionists planned 11.2% of menus (2010) and 60% in 2012 ( p < 0.01). Another statistically significant improvement was in the number of cycle menus used; only 4.8% in 2010 and 38% in 2012 ( p = 0.02) Additional monitoring and inspection will improve food safety in congregate sites.
{"title":"Improvement of food safety for older adults participating in congregate meal sites","authors":"S. Wunderlich, Yeon K. Bai, M. O’Malley, S. Chung","doi":"10.1504/IJFSNPH.2015.067557","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJFSNPH.2015.067557","url":null,"abstract":"The elderly population in the USA is rapidly growing and is expected to reach 72 million people by 2030, more than double the number in 2000. Older adults are more likely than younger adults to contract foodborne illness and therefore they experience more health complications from food contamination. As the elderly population increases, the number of participants in government-sponsored programmes such as congregate meals will also surge and more elderly people will become dependent on these meals for their daily nutritional needs. The purpose of this study is to evaluate food safety practices and to examine the benefit of additional monitoring of the facilities that provide food to the elderly. The four-year (2009–2012) survey of senior sites indicated a significant increase in the percentage of menus planned by dieticians and nutritionists from 2010 to 2012. Dieticians and nutritionists planned 11.2% of menus (2010) and 60% in 2012 ( p < 0.01). Another statistically significant improvement was in the number of cycle menus used; only 4.8% in 2010 and 38% in 2012 ( p = 0.02) Additional monitoring and inspection will improve food safety in congregate sites.","PeriodicalId":14113,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Food Safety, Nutrition and Public Health","volume":"31 1","pages":"101"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-02-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76414421","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2015-02-23DOI: 10.1504/IJFSNPH.2015.067562
J. Ponniah, Tunung Robin, S. Radu, Y. Cheah, F. M. Ghazali, M. Nishibuchi, Y. Nakaguchi, P. Malakar
Seventy-one strains of L. monocytogenes isolated from raw salad vegetables consumed in the minimally processed state in Malaysia were characterised by serotyping, random amplified polymorphic DNA-polymerase chain reaction analysis (RAPD-PCR) and antimicrobial susceptibility testing. Based on serotyping, only one strain belonged to serotype 4 while the rest were from serotype 1. RAPD-PCR typing was carried out using two primers, i.e., OPAR-8 and GEN 1-50-09. Based on RAPD-PCR fingerprinting, the strains could be grouped into six composite profile groups and a solitary isolate. The isolates were also evaluated against 16 antibiotics. Excluding nalidixic acid and oxacillin for which L. monocytogenes has natural resistance, the highest prevalence of resistance was against cephalexin. None of the isolates were resistant against imipenem and kanamycin. The multiple antibiotic resistance index (MARI) ranged from 0.06 to 0.63. It was found that most (82%) isolates were susceptible to antibiotics commonly used in veterinary and human listeriosis treatment.
{"title":"Characterisation of L. monocytogenes strains isolated from salad vegetables","authors":"J. Ponniah, Tunung Robin, S. Radu, Y. Cheah, F. M. Ghazali, M. Nishibuchi, Y. Nakaguchi, P. Malakar","doi":"10.1504/IJFSNPH.2015.067562","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJFSNPH.2015.067562","url":null,"abstract":"Seventy-one strains of L. monocytogenes isolated from raw salad vegetables consumed in the minimally processed state in Malaysia were characterised by serotyping, random amplified polymorphic DNA-polymerase chain reaction analysis (RAPD-PCR) and antimicrobial susceptibility testing. Based on serotyping, only one strain belonged to serotype 4 while the rest were from serotype 1. RAPD-PCR typing was carried out using two primers, i.e., OPAR-8 and GEN 1-50-09. Based on RAPD-PCR fingerprinting, the strains could be grouped into six composite profile groups and a solitary isolate. The isolates were also evaluated against 16 antibiotics. Excluding nalidixic acid and oxacillin for which L. monocytogenes has natural resistance, the highest prevalence of resistance was against cephalexin. None of the isolates were resistant against imipenem and kanamycin. The multiple antibiotic resistance index (MARI) ranged from 0.06 to 0.63. It was found that most (82%) isolates were susceptible to antibiotics commonly used in veterinary and human listeriosis treatment.","PeriodicalId":14113,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Food Safety, Nutrition and Public Health","volume":"24 1","pages":"137"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-02-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78529432","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2014-07-17DOI: 10.1504/IJFSNPH.2014.063501
Isaac Abunyuwah, R. Awuah
Concerns about the flow of low quality and unwholesome packaged products into the Ghanaian food markets have triggered national discourse on effectiveness of food safety measures. Given the huge task involved and the complexity of the food distribution system, government and other stakeholders have increased their awareness campaigns through the mainstream media urging consumers to be vigilant. The study applies logistic model to analyse the demographic and socio-economic factors that explain consumers’ levels of concerns about quality standards of packaged foods following the nationwide campaigns to draw implications on depth of awareness outreach of such campaigns. Levels of education, place of residence, access to food safety information and income levels statistically explain consumers concerns about food safety standards. This indicates that the poor and more deprived consumers are the most likely to suffer from unwholesome foods. These results imply that mainstream media campaigns are less effective in depth of outreach.
{"title":"Concerns about unwholesome packaged food in Ghana: the case of Mampong municipality","authors":"Isaac Abunyuwah, R. Awuah","doi":"10.1504/IJFSNPH.2014.063501","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJFSNPH.2014.063501","url":null,"abstract":"Concerns about the flow of low quality and unwholesome packaged products into the Ghanaian food markets have triggered national discourse on effectiveness of food safety measures. Given the huge task involved and the complexity of the food distribution system, government and other stakeholders have increased their awareness campaigns through the mainstream media urging consumers to be vigilant. The study applies logistic model to analyse the demographic and socio-economic factors that explain consumers’ levels of concerns about quality standards of packaged foods following the nationwide campaigns to draw implications on depth of awareness outreach of such campaigns. Levels of education, place of residence, access to food safety information and income levels statistically explain consumers concerns about food safety standards. This indicates that the poor and more deprived consumers are the most likely to suffer from unwholesome foods. These results imply that mainstream media campaigns are less effective in depth of outreach.","PeriodicalId":14113,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Food Safety, Nutrition and Public Health","volume":"713 1","pages":"7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76905494","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2014-07-17DOI: 10.1504/IJFSNPH.2014.063512
K. Choy, H. Y. Lam, C.K.M. Lee, K. Chin, W. Ip, T. C. Poon
A food warehouse is an essential buffer which controls the key factors like temperature, pallet load pressure, humidity and maintains food quality and food safety. However, the traditional method of adopting a warehouse management system may not be sufficient for managing a food warehouse as it lacks temperature and pressure monitoring ability. In this paper, an effective monitoring system, adopting radio frequency identification (RFID), is proposed to provide timely and accurate information in controlling the warehouse environment and product quality in a food warehouse by formulating a reliable procedure to prevent food from deterioration. The system is also able to tackle the problem of the influence of liquid on RFID, and will provide quality control alerts in real-time supervision. Through applying the proposed system in a case company, it is proved that EMS significantly reduces the amount of deteriorated/inferior products as well as reducing the cost of quality control.
{"title":"A food monitoring system for preventing product deterioration","authors":"K. Choy, H. Y. Lam, C.K.M. Lee, K. Chin, W. Ip, T. C. Poon","doi":"10.1504/IJFSNPH.2014.063512","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJFSNPH.2014.063512","url":null,"abstract":"A food warehouse is an essential buffer which controls the key factors like temperature, pallet load pressure, humidity and maintains food quality and food safety. However, the traditional method of adopting a warehouse management system may not be sufficient for managing a food warehouse as it lacks temperature and pressure monitoring ability. In this paper, an effective monitoring system, adopting radio frequency identification (RFID), is proposed to provide timely and accurate information in controlling the warehouse environment and product quality in a food warehouse by formulating a reliable procedure to prevent food from deterioration. The system is also able to tackle the problem of the influence of liquid on RFID, and will provide quality control alerts in real-time supervision. Through applying the proposed system in a case company, it is proved that EMS significantly reduces the amount of deteriorated/inferior products as well as reducing the cost of quality control.","PeriodicalId":14113,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Food Safety, Nutrition and Public Health","volume":"14 1","pages":"54"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83532716","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2014-07-17DOI: 10.1504/IJFSNPH.2014.063500
Jaya Surya Kumari Manthena, K. Mythili
Wood apple is an indigenous fruit grown in South East Asian countries with excellent medicinal values. This fruit is under utilised because of many reasons such as seasonality and lack of awareness. The present study is oriented towards development of a pickle with wood apple and its organoleptic evaluation during and after storage of three months. Microbiological analysis was also done to assess shelf life. Findings revealed that the product has not changed in sensory properties and no visible signs of colonies were noticed. It calls for development of several such products for complete utilisation.
{"title":"Development of wood apple pickle","authors":"Jaya Surya Kumari Manthena, K. Mythili","doi":"10.1504/IJFSNPH.2014.063500","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJFSNPH.2014.063500","url":null,"abstract":"Wood apple is an indigenous fruit grown in South East Asian countries with excellent medicinal values. This fruit is under utilised because of many reasons such as seasonality and lack of awareness. The present study is oriented towards development of a pickle with wood apple and its organoleptic evaluation during and after storage of three months. Microbiological analysis was also done to assess shelf life. Findings revealed that the product has not changed in sensory properties and no visible signs of colonies were noticed. It calls for development of several such products for complete utilisation.","PeriodicalId":14113,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Food Safety, Nutrition and Public Health","volume":"55 1","pages":"1"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77135134","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2014-07-17DOI: 10.1504/IJFSNPH.2014.063504
G. Mandal, K. Bose
Primary school age is a dynamic period of physical growth and mental development of the child. Child nutritional status is an essential component of a country’s overall human development. The strength of a nation in the future will be determined by how healthy and educated its people are. The tribal populations are among the most underprivileged and undernourished people in India. The nutritional status of Santal tribal children, as measured by thinness, has not been investigated. The present study was undertaken to assess the prevalence of thinness among the primary school children of Santals of Bali-Gram Panchayat, Arambag, Hooghly District, West Bengal, India. The overall mean (sd) BMI among boys and girls were 13.7 (0.9) and 13.2 (1.6), respectively. The overall prevalence of thinness was 75.95%. Both sexes had similar rates of thinness: boys = 75.9%; girls = 76.0%. The χ2 test revealed that there were no significant sex differences in the overall rate of thinness among the studied Santal children. The results of the present study clearly indicated that the nutritional situation as measured by thinness of these children was not satisfactory. Appropriate nutritional intervention and policies are required.
{"title":"Thinness among primary school children of the migrated Santals of Arambag, West Bengal, India","authors":"G. Mandal, K. Bose","doi":"10.1504/IJFSNPH.2014.063504","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1504/IJFSNPH.2014.063504","url":null,"abstract":"Primary school age is a dynamic period of physical growth and mental development of the child. Child nutritional status is an essential component of a country’s overall human development. The strength of a nation in the future will be determined by how healthy and educated its people are. The tribal populations are among the most underprivileged and undernourished people in India. The nutritional status of Santal tribal children, as measured by thinness, has not been investigated. The present study was undertaken to assess the prevalence of thinness among the primary school children of Santals of Bali-Gram Panchayat, Arambag, Hooghly District, West Bengal, India. The overall mean (sd) BMI among boys and girls were 13.7 (0.9) and 13.2 (1.6), respectively. The overall prevalence of thinness was 75.95%. Both sexes had similar rates of thinness: boys = 75.9%; girls = 76.0%. The χ2 test revealed that there were no significant sex differences in the overall rate of thinness among the studied Santal children. The results of the present study clearly indicated that the nutritional situation as measured by thinness of these children was not satisfactory. Appropriate nutritional intervention and policies are required.","PeriodicalId":14113,"journal":{"name":"International Journal of Food Safety, Nutrition and Public Health","volume":"55 1","pages":"46"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-07-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74433389","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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