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- Association of Perceived Psychosocial Stress with Metabolic Syndrome among Young Adults in Urban Workforce
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1 Department of Food and Nutrition, Lady Irwin College, University of Delhi, Delhi, IN
1 Department of Food and Nutrition, Lady Irwin College, University of Delhi, Delhi, IN
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The Indian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics, Vol 52, No 4 (2015), Pagination: 415-428Abstract
The objectives of the study were to ascertain Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) among young employees in the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) industry and to determine its association with perceived psychosocial stress through a cross-sectional study. MetS was diagnosed using Adult Treatment Panel III (ATPIII 2001) and International Diabetes Federation (IDF 2005) criteria among 415 calling level BPO employees (274 males; 141 females) in National Capital Region, India. Perceived psychosocial stress was assessed using perceived stress scale focussing on four aspects - stress at work, stress at home, financial stress and major stressful life events in past one year along with additional questions on perceived state of depression. The results showed that MetS was present among 11.8% employees according to ATPIII criteria (14.6% males;6.4% females) and 18.3% according to IDF criteria (22.3% males;10.6% females); and was significantly higher in males compared to females (ATPIII:p=0.014; IDF:p=0.004). Psychosocial stress was perceived among higher proportion of female employees as compared to male employees; however, these differences were not significant. MetS among employees was significantly associated with self-perceived depression for past 12 months (ATPIII:p=0.010; IDF:p=0.029) and past 2 weeks (ATPIII:p=0.011; IDF:p=0.012). It was concluded that with nearly 1/5th of the young employees having MetS and self-perceived depression, it becomes imperative to make feasible changes in their lifestyle by introducing stress management techniques, which can prove helpful in preventing development of non-communicable diseases in the future.Keywords
Metabolic Syndrome, Young Adults, Psychosocial Stress, Depression, Cardiovascular Disease, Non-Communicable Diseases.
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- Knowledge and Practices of Salt Retailers on Iodized Salt and the Iodine Content of Salt Sold in an Urban Resettlement Colony, New Delhi
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Deepika Bahl
1,
Ishu Kataria
1,
Neha Bakshi
1,
O. P. Aslesh
2,
Anil Goswami
2,
Kapil Yadav
3,
Chandrakant S. Pandav
2,
M. G. Karmarkar
3
Affiliations
1 Department of Food and Nutrition, Lady Irwin College, New Delhi, IN
2 Centre for Community Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, IN
3 Indian Coalition for Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorder, New Delhi, IN
1 Department of Food and Nutrition, Lady Irwin College, New Delhi, IN
2 Centre for Community Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, IN
3 Indian Coalition for Control of Iodine Deficiency Disorder, New Delhi, IN
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The Indian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics, Vol 47, No 2 (2010), Pagination: 71-75Abstract
Iodine supplementation through Universal Sait iodization (USI) has been proven to be an effective way of reducing the prevalence of iodine Deficiency Disorders (IDD). After implementation of USi, the number of countries in which iodine deficiency was a public health problem decreased from 110 to 54 between 1993 and 2003.- Metabolic Syndrome among Young Business Process Outsourcing Industry Employees
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1 University of Delhi, Lady Irwin College, Department of Food and Nutrition, New Delhi, IN
1 University of Delhi, Lady Irwin College, Department of Food and Nutrition, New Delhi, IN
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The Indian Journal of Nutrition and Dietetics, Vol 53, No 3 (2016), Pagination: 286-299Abstract
Metabolic Syndrome (MetS) is a complicated disorder that increases a person's risk to cardiovascular disease and diabetes mellitus and therefore, needs to be diagnosed early. Young adults in business process outsourcing industry (BPO) may be more susceptible to the syndrome owing to the sedentary nature of their work and other lifestyle factors. This study aimed at assessing the prevalence of MetS among young business process outsourcing industry employees (21-30 years). In this cross-sectional study conducted in the National Capital Region of India, MetS was diagnosed using the Adult Treatment Pattern III (NCEP ATPIII, 2001) and International Diabetes Federation (IDF, 2005) (ethnicity specific) criteria among 415 business process outsourcing employees (274 males; 141 females) working at the calling level. Prevalence of MetS was 11.8% according to ATPIII criteria (14.6% males; 6.4% females) and 18.3% according to IDF criteria (22.3% males; 10.6% females) and was significantly higher in males compared to females (ATPIII p = 0.014; 95% CI 0.02, 0.14; IDF:p = 0.004; 95% CI 0.05, 0.19). As per the ATPIII criteria, highest proportion of the employees had low levels of HDL cholesterol (48.2%) whereas as per the IDF criteria, they had high waist circumference (58.6%). MetS was significantly associated with being single (ATPIII p=0.003; IDF p=0.012), having monthly income more than 20,000 INR (ATPIII p=0.009), having waist to height ratio ≥ 0.5 (ATPIII p=0.002; IDF p=0.000) and BMI ≥ 23kg/m2 (ATPIII p=0.000; IDF p=0.000). With nearly 1/5th of the BPO employees having MetS at a young age (21-30 years), there is an urgent need to initiate appropriate workplace screening and intervention strategies to prevent and reverse the syndrome among them.Keywords
Metabolic Syndrome, ATPIII, IDF, Young Adults, Business Process Outsourcing Industry, Non-Communicable Disease.References
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