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Volume 9 Journal of Community Medicine & Health Education Public Health Congress 2019
May 15-16, 2019
May 15-16, 2019 Singapore
7th World Congress on
Public Health, Nutrition & Epidemiology
Zoobi Khanam, J Community Med Health Educ 2019, Volume 9
DOI: 10.4172/2161-0711-C3-059
Energy balance of Indian rural women determined by their activity-based energy cost: A cross-
sectional study
Zoobi Khanam
Banaras Hindu University, India
C aloric requirements above basal levels are directly dependent on the degree of activity. Activity thus becomes a very
significant factor in determining the caloric adequacy of the marginal diets consumed by many individuals in technically
under developed countries. Present study has examined the situation of energy expenditure and energy balance in women of
reproductive age group. This study was conducted in rural areas of Varanasi district of Uttar Pradesh state, India. A community
based cross sectional design was adopted. By multi stage sampling 610 women of reproductive age group (15-49 years) were
interviewed with the help of a pre-designed and pre-tested schedule. Dietary intake and energy expenditure were calculated by
using 24-hour dietary recall and activities performed by study subjects in previous 24 hours were recorded. Data was analyzed
with the help of SPSS software. The findings of this study revealed that as much as 67.4% study subjects were in negative energy
balance and 32.6% had positive energy balance. The overall energy expenditure for study subjects was 1943.05±553.24 kcal/day.
There existed significant association between energy expenditure of the subjects and their age, type of family, educational status
and socioeconomic class (p<0.001). Negative energy balance was to the extent of 65.3%, 64.7%, 76.8% and 56.8% in the age
group of 15-24, 25-34, 35-44 and ≥45 years, respectively. This was maximum (73.8%) in illiterate and least (58.5%) in subjects
with educational status as graduate and above. As much as 69.4% lower, 81.9% lower middle and 72% middle socioeconomic
status subjects had negative energy balance. Since negative energy balance in women of reproductive age prevailed in two third
subjects and average calorie intake of the subjects was more than 80 percent of the RDA. A prospective follow up can be carried
out for linking energy balance of women of reproductive age group and their nutritional status.
Biography
Zoobi Khanam is currently working as a Post-Doctoral Fellow in Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, India. She has her expertise in food and
nutrition and has a passion to work for food security and improving its level in the disadvantaged community. She has worked as a Lecturer of Food and Nutrition
in SSPG College, Dr. R. M. L. Avadh University, UP, India. She is also serving as an Editorial Board Member of reputed journals.