Varisha Khan

Department of Food and Nutrition, School of Home Science, Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

Publications

• Research Article   
  Knowledge regarding food safety and hygiene issues among street food vendors in Lucknow city
  Author(s): Sunita Mishra* and Varisha Khan
  
  Street food is an inexpensive and deserving source of dietary intake; it’s highly noticeable consumption in developed and developing countries. The aim of this study was to rate the proximate analysis of the nutritional status of street food consumers in Lucknow, it’s an urban town. The study given a questionnaire to 100 individuals constituted by randomly selected in Chatori Gali near 1090 women helplines (street food lane) in Luck now. Nutritional Status was based on the number of food groups consumed in the previous 24 hrs. To 3 months in the participants, 40% were male and 45% were female, (the majority of them were between 19 and 22 years of age. 6% Children (Age group-1 year to 12 years), 4% old age (50+ to +70). It was found that 41.1% of the young people ate street food 2-3 times per week, whereas 24.3% were found to eat it every day from 100 street food consumers .. View More»
  

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