ABSTRACT
This
study was designed to assess food security, diet quality and anthropometric
status of the clinical healthcare professionals in Federal Medical Centre,
Umuahia. The study adopted cross-sectional and descriptive survey. A
multi-stage sampling technique was used to select a total of 315 clinical
healthcare professionals. Data on socio demographic characteristics of the
clinical healthcare professionals, food security status and diet quality status
were collected using a structured and validated questionnaire while
Anthropometric status of the respondents which was accessed using standard
procedure values were compared to reference standard. Hip and waist
circumference of the respondents were measured using non-stretchable tape. The
IBM SPSS version 25.0 computer programme was used to analyze the data. Data
obtained were described using frequency and percentage. Correlation was used to
analyze the relationship between food security, diet quality and anthropometric
status of the respondents. Significance relationship was judged at p≤0.05.
Result revealed that 53.5% of the respondents in this study were between 20-29 years
old and majorities (58.0%) were single. More than half of the respondents
(61.8%) were male. The respondents who were food secured were (52.2%), with
39.5% being mildly food insecure, 7.0%, moderately food insecure and 1.3% was severely
food insecure. Their diet quality level showed that food groups consumed daily
were cereals, roots and tubers at (90.4%), unprocessed red meat (85.4%), dark
green leafy vegetables (45.9%), other vegetables (82.8%) and soft drinks at
(55.4%). The results of the anthropometric status of the respondents revealed
that overweight were (48.4%) respectively while (36.3%) were normal and (13.4%)
were obese. The waist hip ratio of the respondents showed that (65.6%) were
safe while (33.1%) were at risk. The result of the relationship between food
security, diet quality and anthropometric status of the respondents revealed
that significant relationship (p ≤ 0.05) exists between WHR and NCD-risk. This
implies that there is an inverse correlation. Majority of the respondents were
between 20-29 years old. More than half of the respondents were males.
Overweight among the respondents was high. Thus Healthcare professionals should
be engaged in physical activities and employing more of the Dietitians in the
hospital for proper cancelling and increasing the awareness of healthy eating
behavior as well as appropriate routine measures to monitor the trend of body
weight towards overweight/ obesity among the healthcare professionals.
CHIOMA, R (2024). Food Security, Diet Quality And Anthropometric Status Of The Clinical Healthcare Workers In Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia:- Eze, Chioma R. Mouau.afribary.org: Retrieved Dec 23, 2024, from https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/food-security-diet-quality-and-anthropometric-status-of-the-clinical-healthcare-workers-in-federal-medical-centre-umuahia-eze-chioma-r-7-2
RITA, CHIOMA. "Food Security, Diet Quality And Anthropometric Status Of The Clinical Healthcare Workers In Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia:- Eze, Chioma R" Mouau.afribary.org. Mouau.afribary.org, 20 Sep. 2024, https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/food-security-diet-quality-and-anthropometric-status-of-the-clinical-healthcare-workers-in-federal-medical-centre-umuahia-eze-chioma-r-7-2. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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RITA, CHIOMA. "Food Security, Diet Quality And Anthropometric Status Of The Clinical Healthcare Workers In Federal Medical Centre, Umuahia:- Eze, Chioma R" Mouau.afribary.org (2024). Accessed 23 Dec. 2024. https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/food-security-diet-quality-and-anthropometric-status-of-the-clinical-healthcare-workers-in-federal-medical-centre-umuahia-eze-chioma-r-7-2