Journal of Nutrition & Food Sciences
Open Access

Frequency of consumption pattern of beverages among civil servants in Ogun state

5^th European Nutrition and Dietetics Conference

June 16-18, 2016 Rome, Italy

Nupo Sunday Sedodo

Nutrition Society of Nigeria, Nigeria

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Nutr Food Sci

Abstract :

Beverage consumption is commonly found among the elites in the society. This study aimed to determine the frequency of beverage consumption among the civil servants in the state. A cross sectional study was carried out among randomly selected five hundred civil servants in Abeokuta Ogun state. Anthropometric measurement was used to determine the nutritional status. The blood pressure was measured using sphygmomanometer. A validated structured questionnaire was used to obtain information on the beverage consumption. The result of the anthropometric measurements study showed that 11% of the subjects were obese while 45% were overweight. Only four percent of the subjects have hypertension. The result of the frequency of consumption of beverages revealed there were significant differences between male and female (p<0.005). The study showed that there is strong correlation between beverage consumption and development of chronic non communicable diseases..

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