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Age related differences RELATED DIFFERENCES IN LIFESTYLE DIETARY PATTERNS AND THEIR IMPACT ON HEALTH Parul-Mittal

The present study was carried out on 300 male police constables in the age group of 20-60 years selected randomly from the total 709 constables in the district Jhunjhunu. They were classified into two groups based on their age 20-40 years (n=150) and 40-60 years (n=150). Pre-coded and pre-tested questionnaires were used to elicit the information on the general and other aspects. The lifestyle parameters included physical activity, occupational stress and non-food habits like alcohol, smoking/ tobacco consumption. Occupation stress level in both the groups was assessed using a validated tool (Srivastava and Singh 1984). Anthropometric assessment was done and biochemical and biophysical parameters were estimated. Dietary data was obtained using food frequency 24-hour dietary recall method. Analysis was done by statistical software SPSS 16.0 version.