Author(s):
1. Asfa Muhammad:
Department of Food Sciences and Human Nutrition (FSHN), Kinnaird College for Women Lahore,Pakistan
2. Syeda Aliya Shirazi:
Department of Food Sciences and Human Nutrition (FSHN), Kinnaird College for Women Lahore,Pakistan
Abstract:
Dietary patterns are combination, quantities, Proportions and variety of various foods and drinks in diets and the frequency with which they are habitually consumed. Many factors affect the health and nutritional status of women to a great extent. Consumption of the nutrient through the diet and the dietary patterns have a great affect on women health and hence nutritional status of women also depend on these factors and it varies in both working and nonworking women because of change in their dietary pattern. The universe selected was working and non-working women of Lahore city, Pakistan. The sample size was 354 including the working and non-working women of Lahore city. The inclusion criteria was women that are working as well as Non-Working in Lahore. Descriptive study design was used in this study. A questionnaire was formulated to record the demographic data, nutritional status, dietary intake work and lifestyle, food frequency questionnaire and 24 hour recall from the respondents. Demographic factors were used to evaluate data on the selected population. The city of data collection was Lahore where the data was collected from Kinnaird College for women, Doctor's Hospital, Forman Christian College where working and nonworking women were present. The duration of this study was of two months. Data was entered and evaluated using SPSS software. The research showed detrimental impact of pandemic on food choices and lifestyle of working women as compared to non-working women as they eat home-made food and have a healthy lifestyle as compare to working women.
Page(s):
122-122
DOI:
DOI not available
Published:
Journal: International Food & Nutrition Conference" August 18th-20th, 2022, University of Swat, Swat (Book of Abstracts), Volume: 1, Issue: 1, Year: 2022
Keywords:
Working women
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Lahore
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Nutritional status
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House wives
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NonWorking Women
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Dietary Pattern
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