Overview: Post Covid Nutrition live workshop (academic and non academic school staff )

 

Diet consultation live workshop was conducted at one of the renowned school with motive to see the overall health of working staff and even to know actual nutritional status of  academic and non academic staff working in  the school.

PURPOSE OF WORKSHOP: is  to assess nutritionally, check awareness, to fill the gap if existing and guiding about overall health Education. 

METHODOLOGY:  Sample  consisting of 90 Participants(Teaching and Non-Teaching staff) were collected through Google forms which comprised  of General Information, gender, medical diagnosis (current/History), height, weight, BMI   was interpreted through their test which was conducted during the camp. (BMI, BP, BMD, RBS)and  via Personal Interview data was collected.

NUTRITIONAL EDUCATION TOOLS USED:  Digital flyers were used to educate the participants.  One to One Counseling was given to the participants in terms of their test conducted and also their doubts were taken into consideration for counseling.

ANALYSIS: Data Analysis was interpreted to find out what is deficient in daily dietary intake, patterns and according to that counseling with importance of follow up.

85.2% were female whereas 14.8% were males. Dominant Group was Females.

 Out of total participant 52% male and female had low Bone density





Maximum were OVERWEIGHT Category was 45.5%.  Under OBESE Category were 30.7%. Very few were having  NORMAL BMI of 22.7%.e UNDERWEIGHT category were  1.1% . Dominant Group were OVERWEIGHT and OBESE.



62.3% were falling under OTHER Category like – LOW CALCIUM AND LOW HB of which 13.1%   were THYRIOD Patients, 16.4%   were DIABETIC and 1.6% is Renal  Patients.  


CRITICAL ANALYSIS: Urgent Dietary Intervention and Lifestyle Modifications is required. Overview  on  nutritional status of Academic and non academic staff  shows  ,most interestingly ,In this Workshop not a single person were Disease Free- Which was Shocking. We tried to find out the reasons in that One of the Factor was The Time Management- Through Interview we found that lots of workload plus Early Lunch were the reasons. And lot of tea consumption was found out. Post Covid Weight Gain was observed as one of the factor. today’s lifestyle and due to working from  home. is one of the additional  Work Atmosphere plays an important role in any Organization. Employees those are given more Facilities seems to Perform Well and also have Good Nutritional Status.in this workshop work atmosphere was really good work place at  Google is a great example. Like  “Laszlo Bock” quotes in his book “WORK RULES”- Innovating, Experimenting and keep Things Fun that creates a great environment   which is Self  re-enforcing one, all those efforts support one another and together creates an Organization that is Creative, Fun, Hardworking and Highly Productive.

RECOMMENDATION :  Academics and nonacademic play a great role in building educational career of our children. If  their health is not up to the mark than growth of the country gets hindered. By  improving  nutritional health of the academics and nonacademic it will  simultaneously reduce medical burden as well  the financial of the country. Such Proactive  nutritional screening  workshop  time to time tis required. Training for time management is also recommended ,even yoga to be included in daily or weekly schedule at work place.


COURTESY: SVKM-CNMS School, Vile Parle had set up a Health Camp for their school staff.

From Marketing Team Mr Kaushal shethia, Physician and Nursing team 

By Ushakiran Sisodia R.D Msc Gold medalist, PGDBM ,CDE; A.N Radha winner (Best Practicing dietician three consecutive years )

Neha Sawant M.sc Food processing and preservation Assistant Manager Nutrition and dietetics

Sanjana Rao M.sc Dietetics and applied nutrition (MNT)

Shruti Nair M.sc Dietetics and applied nutrition (Pediatric)



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