IJFANS International Journal of Food and Nutritional Sciences

ISSN PRINT 2319 1775 Online 2320-7876

KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS ABOUT NOURISHING AND HEALTHY FOODS TO BOOST IMMUNITY FOR COMBATING COVID-19 AMONG PEOPLE OF RAIPUR

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Joglekar Abhaya, Videh Nandini

Abstract

Background: On December 12th 2019, a new coronavirus (SARS-CoV2) emerged in Wuhan, China, sparking a pandemic of acute respiratory syndrome in humans (COVID-19). On the 24th April 2020, the number of COVID-19 deaths in the world. According to the COVID-case tracker by Johns Hopkins university, was 195,313 and the number of COVID-19 confirmed cases was 2,783,512. The COVID-19 pandemic represents a massive impact on human health, causing sudden lifestyle changes, through social distancing and isolation at home, with social and economic consequence. Optimizing public health during this pandemic requires not only knowledge from the medical and biological science but also of all human science related to lifestyle social and behavioural studies , including dietary habits and lifestyle. Methods: our study aimed to investigate the knowledge and awareness about nourishing and healthy foods to boots immunity for combating COVID-19 among people. The study comprised a structured questionnaire packet that inquired demographic information (age, gender, place of residence , Mail ID, occupation, address, Type of family, Family size), anthropometric data(reported weight and height and BMI) dietary habits information, daily intake of certain foods, food frequency and number of meals/day, lifestyle habits information (sleep quality , smoking , physical activity). The survey was conducted from

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