Comparative Study on Consumption of Fibre Rich Foods in Urban and Rural Areas of Southwestern Bangladesh

Shamima Nasrin *

Bangladesh Jute Research Institute (BJRI), Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh.

Md. Abdul Mannan

Agrotechnology Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna-9208, Bangladesh.

Mst Anika Akther

Department of Food and Nutrition, KCC Women’s College Khulna, Bangladesh.

Zinia Afroz

Department of Food and Nutrition, KCC Women’s College Khulna, Bangladesh.

Mashfiqur Rahman

Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Gazipur-1701, Bangladesh.

Kamrul Islam

Bangladesh Jute Research Institute (BJRI), Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh.

*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.


Abstract

Bangladesh is facing a large burden of non-communicable diseases. As a possible remedy, the WHO/FAO recommends 14 g of fiber for every 1000 calories in daily diet; however, only a small proportion of the population practices this. The present study sets out to detect the situation about knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) of dietary fiber rich food of urban and rural people. This comparative study represents the fiber rich food consumption in urban and rural areas of Khulna region in 2021. This study was conducted among 100 peoples of selected areas. This study also shows that among the rural people, the tendency of buying dietary fiber containing foods and intake of fresh dietary fiber foods is higher than urban. Results reveal that, about 96% of urban and 94% of rural people intake fibrous food. Among them, about 90% of urban and 82% of rural people like fiber food. There is no doubt that fibrous food is good for health and here 80% urban and 50% rural people know it. About 78% urban people know that fibrous food keeps weight in control, 80% knows it controls constipation. About 98% urban and 88% rural people keeps good knowledge about contaminated food. The higher proportion people in urban areas like and regularly intake fibrous food in their daily food habit by comparing the consumption of fibrous food in rural and urban areas. Now a day’s rural people are conscious about intake of fibrous food.

Keywords: Consumption, fibrous foods, rural, urban


How to Cite

Nasrin, S., Mannan, M. A., Akther, M. A., Afroz , Z., Rahman , M., & Islam, K. (2024). Comparative Study on Consumption of Fibre Rich Foods in Urban and Rural Areas of Southwestern Bangladesh. Asian Journal of Food Research and Nutrition, 3(3), 449–456. Retrieved from https://journalajfrn.com/index.php/AJFRN/article/view/147

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