Assessment of Consumers Awareness of Nutrition, Food Safety and Hygiene in the Life Cycle for Sustainable Development of Bangladesh- A Study on Sylhet City Corporation

TL;DR

This study assesses the awareness levels of different demographic groups in Sylhet City, Bangladesh, regarding nutrition, food safety, and hygiene, highlighting areas needing increased education for sustainable development.

Contribution

It provides a comprehensive analysis of awareness across various age groups in an urban Bangladeshi context, informing policy for improving food safety and nutrition education.

Findings

Unmarried adults have higher awareness than married adults.

Parents' awareness of feeding children aged 5-9 is 67%.

Adolescents' awareness of food habits is approximately 63%.

Abstract

The objective of the study is to explore the knowledge of consumers on nutrition, food safety and hygiene of the sampled respondents in the Sylhet City Corporation in Bangladesh in terms of different demographic characteristics. This study includes the different types of consumers in the life cycle viz. baby, child, adolescent, young and old so that an overall awareness level can be measured in the urban area of Bangladesh. The study is confined to SCC area in which all types of respondents has been included and findings from this study will be used generally for Bangladesh in making policy In conducting the study the population has been divided into six group as, Baby, child, adolescent, parental, unmarried adult young and married adult matured. We find that the average score of awareness of food nutrition and hygiene of unmarried adult is higher than that of married adults. The study suggested it is needed to increase awareness in of the parents for feeding babies. The average awareness of parents to their childs eating behavior between 5 and 9 years is 3.36 out of 5. The awareness is around 67 percent so we should be more careful in this regard. The average awareness adolescent food habit is 1.89 on three points scales which about 63 percent only. Therefore, the consciousness of adolescent has been to increase in taking food. The average feeding styles of parents is 4.24 out of 5 to their children up to 9 years and in percentage it is 84 percent.