Asian Journal of Dairy and Food Research, volume 33 issue 3 (september 2014) : 226-229

Frequency of food consumption and physical activity of Non Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus males of Ludhiana city

Bisht Soni, Chawla Paramjit, Kushwaha Shalini*
1Department of Food and Nutrition Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana-141 004, India
Cite article:- Soni Bisht, Paramjit Chawla, Shalini* Kushwaha (2024). Frequency of food consumption and physical activity of Non Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus males of Ludhiana city. Asian Journal of Dairy and Food Research. 33(3): 226-229. doi: 10.5958/0976-0563.2014.00607.1.
The present study was conducted on non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus male subjects of 40-60  years of age to asses their nutritional profile. Subjects were selected purposively from Ludhiana. The information regarding  general information, dietary preferences and physical activity pattern was recorded. It was observed that majority of the subjects were sedentary workers of middle income  group.  Majority of the subjects suffered from diabetes for 7years with mean age of onset of diabetes  45.06 yrs. Further, frequency of consumption of different food showed a higher intake of fried foods, unrefined cereals and pulses, milk and milk products. Majority (83.33 %) of the subjects were doing physical exercise and time spent on physical activity was more than 30 minutes.
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