Eating Habits, Lifestyle Patterns and Health Status of Adults in Kothagudem District, Telangana

Smoking, tobacco chewing, consumption of alcohol, excessive salt and sugar intake and lack of sleeping hours have been found directly correlated with progression of non-communicable diseases such as hypertension, overweight, obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases (ICMR, 2020). Further, skipping meals and consuming meals outside have also been considered major contributory factors of non-communicable diseases. This study was conducted at Department of Foods and Nutrition, CCSHAU, Hisar and data was collected from male and female respondents of Kothagudem district, Telangana. Data was analyzed using SPSS software and results have been presented in frequency and percentages. Results indicated that 23 per cent of male and 18 per cent of female respondents were found to take sleep of less than 7 hours. Alcohol and smoking and tobacco were consumed by 35.0 and 11.0 per cent of male respondents, respectively. Regarding eating habits, it was observed that majority of the respondents (87.0% of male & 91.0% of female) were non-vegetarian. Skipping of meals was prevalent among 13.0 and 21.0 per cent of male and female respondents respectively. Consuming meals outside once in a week was found prevalent among 32.0 and 14.0 per cent of the male and female respondents, respectively. Thirty-three per cent of the male and 23.0 per cent of the female respondents were reported to be suffering from chronic illnesses such as anemia, joint pains, headache, backache and thyroid and non-communicable diseases such as overweight, obesity, diabetes, hypertension and atherosclerosis, etc. Through this communication, efforts have been made to communicate people that they should adopt healthy eating and lifestyle to avoid non- communicable diseases in their life.