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- Title
A STUDY TO ANALYSE THE CORRELATION BETWEEN KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICE OF FOOD PURCHASE, SAFE FOOD HANDLING AND CHANGES IN LIFESTYLE RELATED BEHAVIOUR AMONG RURAL POPULATION OF NCR.
- Authors
Sharma, Dinesh C.; Nagar, Sakshi; Singh, Neetu; Zehra, Sumbul; Kesri, Jaidev
- Abstract
This survey article aimed to assess the knowledge and practice of food purchasing and safe food handling, as well as changes in lifestyle-related behaviours among rural people. A cross-sectional study was conducted in population of NCR area of Uttar Pradesh, India from age group of 16-60 years and above. A structured questionnaire of 25 questions was used to collect data on socio-demographic characteristics, Food purchasing practices like Nutritional Information, Manufacture Date, Expiry Date and Mark of FSSAI (Food Safety and Standards Authority of India), Colour Dot Symbol on food package, Safe Food Handling practices like source of vegetables and fruits or eggs and meats, storage of raw and cooked food at home, general knowledge about preservation of the daily dietary ingredients and Changes occur in lifestyle-related behaviour like way of cooking and eating of food at home, checked awareness about the Allergens knowledge and Foodborne Diseases. In conclusion, the knowledge and awareness about food purchasing and safe handling is differ among sex, age groups, job types and locality. A number of people have awareness about food purchasing and handling but still a lot of people need knowledge about food safety and security. These findings need to be further confirmed in subsequent studies.
- Subjects
UTTAR Pradesh (India); INDIA; GROCERY shopping; FOOD handling; RURAL population; STREET food; FOODBORNE diseases; FOOD standards; RAW foods
- Publication
Journal of Experimental Zoology India, 2024, Vol 27, Issue 2, p1745
- ISSN
0972-0030
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.51470/jez.2024.27.2.1745