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The study evaluated the relationship of various dietary and lifestyle factors with vitamin D status and bone health of adults engaged in office jobs. A total of 100 subjects comprising of 50 males and 50 females (with their willingness to participate) in the age group of 30-50 years were purposively selected for the investigation, who were spending 8 hours in the offices. Results showed that most of the subjects had vitamin D deficit with mean serum vitamin D level as 13.2 ng/ml and 68% were osteopenic. Dietary phytates, sedentary lifestyle, higher body mass index were found to have a deleterious impact on vitamin D status. This silent epidemic needs to be addressed with effective public health initiatives, such as raising awareness about the availability of fortified foods, optimum time, and body surface area for sun exposure.
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Deficiencia de Vitamina D , Masculino , Adulto , Femenino , Humanos , Persona de Mediana Edad , Incidencia , Deficiencia de Vitamina D/epidemiología , Deficiencia de Vitamina D/etiología , Vitamina D , Dieta/efectos adversos , Vitaminas , Estilo de VidaRESUMEN
OBJECTIVE: India is the second country after China having the highest population prevalence of diabetes. Several research studies investigating diabetes have been done, but not much work has been done on prediabetes. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of nutrition and lifestyle modification on prediabetic females. METHODS: A total of 120 prediabetic females from Ludhiana city were divided into 2 matched groups: control group (n = 60) and experimental group (n = 60). Impact of nutrition intervention for dietary and lifestyle modification (for 3 months) was assessed on the anthropometric, dietary, biochemical parameters, and diabetes risk score of the experimental group and control group (no intervention). RESULTS: All the selected 120 subjects completed the study (experimental group = 60; control group = 60). There was significant difference in the changes between the 2 groups throughout the study. The fasting blood glucose and glycated hemoglobin A1c levels of the experimental group subjects reduced significantly (P ≤ .01). However, no change was observed among the control group subjects. The lipid profile of the experimental group showed a significant improvement (P ≤ .01). CONCLUSION: Nutrition counselling of the prediabetics regarding dietary and lifestyle modification is recommended so as to improve their metabolic control, thus preventing them from being diabetics.