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ISSN: 2690-5760

Journal of Clinical & Community Medicine

Research Article(ISSN: 2690-5760)

Occupational Health and Nutritional Status of Traffic Policemen Volume 3 - Issue 1

Seema Sonkar*, Tiwari and Soobi bano

  • Associate professor, Department of Food Science Nutrition, CSA University of Agriculture And Technology, Kanpur, India

Received:February 18, 2021   Published: March 15, 2021

Corresponding author: Seema Sonkar, Associate professor, Department of Food Science Nutrition, CSA University of Agriculture And Technology, Kanpur, India

DOI: 10.32474/JCCM.2021.02.000155

 

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Abstract

Health is the level of functional and metabolic efficiency of a living being. in humans, it is the general condition of person in mind, body and spirit, usually meaning to being free illness, injury or pain. With the increase in urbanization, many cities around the world are experiencing a very rapid growth in the number of vehicles which lead to serious traffic congestion problems. This is the reasons to accept that occupational environment also plays a major role on the health of the exposed. The health hazard get more sever when the duration of exposure increases. This fact is more important in situations as the personnel engaged in traffic duty. The traffic is exposed to vehicular pollution in varied degrees. Among all of them traffic police are unduly and chronically expose to vehicular exhaust pollutants as they remain on duties for longer periods.

Traffic policemen had to undergo physical strain in on environmental polluted by fumes, exhausted of vehicles, use of blowing horns, blow of dust in the air by a speeding vehicle.

The present study shows that traffic policemen and office worker have not better nutritional status there are deficient nutrient intake and many health problems. The possible reasons are poor physical activity, work pressure, pollution, long hours in standing position and lack of knowledge OF nutrients. There are lack of deficiency in calcium, β-carotene, and protein. The fat intake was high.

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