EFFECT OF ALTERED FOOD HABIT ON HEALTH OF SHIFTWORKERS

Dr. Chitrotpala Devadarshini; Dr. Diptimayee Jena; Dr. Snehalata Nanda

Volume : VII, Issue : I, January - 2018

EFFECT OF ALTERED FOOD HABIT ON HEALTH OF SHIFTWORKERS

Dr. Chitrotpala Devadarshini, Dr. Diptimayee Jena, Dr. Snehalata Nanda

Abstract :

Study was carried out at various software industries in Bhubaneswar, Orissa on 70 software engineers with the objective to assess the impact of food habit on health status of software engineers. Result suggested that higher percentage of day workers were in ideal body weight group (41.7%) compared to shift workers, where majority of subjects (55.9%) were in obese grade–I group. Among the day workers, 38.9 per cent skipped meal, but the percentage of meal skipping was more in case of shift workers(47%). The fasting blood sugar of day workers was lower (91.84 mg/dl) as compared to shift workers (97.10 mg/dl). The mean total cholesterol was noticeably higher 195.33 mg/dl in shift workers compared to 173.32 mg/dl for day workers. With regard to HDL, when the day workers and shift workers were compared, the day workers were having higher value 44.96 ± 5.44 mg/dl than the shift workers (39.62 ± 7.57mg/dl).