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Diets, Lifestyles and Metabolic Risk Factors among Corporate Information Technology (IT) Employees in South India

(1) Information Technology (IT) Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), the largest employment sector of India, contributes to rapid economic growth. However, the work of IT employees is sedentary, and the food environments of their worksites expose them to an obesogenic environment. This study aimed to...

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Autores principales: Banerjee, Paromita, Reddy, G. Bhanuprakash, Panda, Hrusikesh, Angadi, Kiran Kumar, Reddy, Thirupathi, Gavaravarapu, SubbaRao M.
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10421222/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37571341
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu15153404
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author Banerjee, Paromita
Reddy, G. Bhanuprakash
Panda, Hrusikesh
Angadi, Kiran Kumar
Reddy, Thirupathi
Gavaravarapu, SubbaRao M.
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Reddy, G. Bhanuprakash
Panda, Hrusikesh
Angadi, Kiran Kumar
Reddy, Thirupathi
Gavaravarapu, SubbaRao M.
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description (1) Information Technology (IT) Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), the largest employment sector of India, contributes to rapid economic growth. However, the work of IT employees is sedentary, and the food environments of their worksites expose them to an obesogenic environment. This study aimed to assess their metabolic and lifestyle risk factors. (2) Methods: To examine the health and nutrition status of IT employees, anthropometric, biochemical and clinical assessments were conducted among 183 employees from three IT organizations of varied operational sizes. Their health-, diet- and physical activity-related practices were assessed using a questionnaire. The prevalence of MetS was assessed. Selected biomarker levels were assessed and associated with their self-perceived stress levels. (3) Results: The median age of the employees was 30 years (26–35 years). While 44.02% of employees were overweight, 16.85% of employees were obese. About 3.89% of employees were found to be diabetic, and HDL-C levels were lower than recommended in 64.93% of employees. In all, 29.87% of the study population were considered to have metabolic syndrome since they had metabolic risk scores ≥ 3. Those with metabolic syndrome were significantly older (p = 0.000), and levels of MDA (p = 0.003), homocysteine (p = 0.001), IL-6 (p = 0.017) and IL-4 (p = 0.000) were significantly higher among them. Although the prevalence of MetS was significantly lower among those aged >30 years, the lifestyle risk factors were significantly higher among them. (4) Conclusions: The assessed parameters indicate a high risk of developing NCDs among employees in the IT industry in India. This shows the need for the modification of lifestyle and workplace food and physical activity environments.
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spelling pubmed-104212222023-08-12 Diets, Lifestyles and Metabolic Risk Factors among Corporate Information Technology (IT) Employees in South India Banerjee, Paromita Reddy, G. Bhanuprakash Panda, Hrusikesh Angadi, Kiran Kumar Reddy, Thirupathi Gavaravarapu, SubbaRao M. Nutrients Article (1) Information Technology (IT) Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), the largest employment sector of India, contributes to rapid economic growth. However, the work of IT employees is sedentary, and the food environments of their worksites expose them to an obesogenic environment. This study aimed to assess their metabolic and lifestyle risk factors. (2) Methods: To examine the health and nutrition status of IT employees, anthropometric, biochemical and clinical assessments were conducted among 183 employees from three IT organizations of varied operational sizes. Their health-, diet- and physical activity-related practices were assessed using a questionnaire. The prevalence of MetS was assessed. Selected biomarker levels were assessed and associated with their self-perceived stress levels. (3) Results: The median age of the employees was 30 years (26–35 years). While 44.02% of employees were overweight, 16.85% of employees were obese. About 3.89% of employees were found to be diabetic, and HDL-C levels were lower than recommended in 64.93% of employees. In all, 29.87% of the study population were considered to have metabolic syndrome since they had metabolic risk scores ≥ 3. Those with metabolic syndrome were significantly older (p = 0.000), and levels of MDA (p = 0.003), homocysteine (p = 0.001), IL-6 (p = 0.017) and IL-4 (p = 0.000) were significantly higher among them. Although the prevalence of MetS was significantly lower among those aged >30 years, the lifestyle risk factors were significantly higher among them. (4) Conclusions: The assessed parameters indicate a high risk of developing NCDs among employees in the IT industry in India. This shows the need for the modification of lifestyle and workplace food and physical activity environments. MDPI 2023-07-31 /pmc/articles/PMC10421222/ /pubmed/37571341 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu15153404 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu15153404
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