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EVALUATION OF LIFESTYLE PATTERN AMONGST STUDENTS AND FACULTY MEMBERS OF A.D.I.T. CAMPUS (GUJARAT TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY/SARDAR PATEL UNIVERSITY), NEW V.V. NAGAR

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  • The International Journal of Pharmaceutical Research and Bio-Science

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  • 2012

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A total of 500 questionnaire were distributed in the college premises with respondent rate of 450(90%).majority of respondents, 73% were aged between 18-23 years, while 269(59.5%) were female and 181(40.5%) were male. The survey was conducted in the colleges comprising of Ayurvedic, Biotechnology, Engineering and pharmacy. The survey comprised of 290 students (64.4%) including both undergraduate as well as postgraduate students. the rest were faculty members (26.6%) and administration in charge (8.8%). The most prevalent disorder was found to be GIT disturbances (80.1%) and headache (69.9%) on daily basis. The students showed less inclination towards sports activity (54.05%) due to lack of time leading to various health problems like sleeplessness (66.19%). The general food habit was found out to be that the students preferred intake of junk food (64.2%) as well as fast food (46.8%) due to easy availability of junk food. The positive outcome of this survey came in a surprising manner that the amount of smoking (2.8%) was found out to be negligible as well as amount of alcohol consumption (2.7%) was very less.
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