Perception of nutritional status and personal hygiene practices of female garment workers in Bangladesh

Abstract

The garment industry is one of the main export-based economic sectors in Bangladesh. Female workers are a crucial part of this sector and have had a pivotal role in increasing the county's revenue in recent decades. The prime aim of this study was to observe the nutritional status and personal hygiene practices of female garment workers (FGW) in the Chattogram metropolitan area, Bangladesh. A cross-sectional study had conducted for collecting data from randomly selected garment workers (382) in Chattogram, Bangladesh. Then data analysis (univariate and bivariate) was performed using STATA 13.0 software. This study revealed that 46.34% of the participant's weight was in the normal range based on body mass index (BMI), 3.14%were underweight,38.74% were pre-obese, and11.78 % were obese. Most of the respondents (56.54%) had normal hemoglobin levels, and three-fourths of their blood pressure was normal. Furthermore, we found a significant association of safe water drinking with the level of education, mother’s occupation, marital status, and family income (p< 0.05). In conclusion, the awareness of hygiene practices among women and government policy needs strengthening to reduce the risks of unhygienic practices

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