TITLE – HEALTH AND HYGIENE ISSUES OF CANTEEN FACED BY STUDENTS
AUTHOR – SULAIMA SIDDIQUI, SADHVI JAISWAL, RUCHI GADHER
INTRODUCTION – Food safety in canteen is important to prevent the food intoxication and food borne disease. The important factors on food safety are hygiene and sanitation of canteen. Canteen hygiene and sanitation consist several aspects, such as building sanitation facilities, tools, food and food handler’s hygiene.
OBJECTIVE – To understand the phenomenon health and hygiene issues of canteen faced by students.
LITERATURE REVIEW –
1.Childhood Overweight
Childhood overweight and obesity have increased alarmingly in recent decades all over the world. In response to the obesity epidemic, several states and governments have introduced restrictions on sales of high-calorie low-nutrient-dense foods and beverages in canteens. Most school canteens around the world continue to offer such unhealthy products. In fact, sales of junk food represent an important source of revenues for schools, especially in contexts of budgetary pressure. Alarmingly, in canteen junk food/beverage availability is positively correlated with overall junk food/beverage consumption and negatively correlated with overall healthy food intakes. In conclusion, banning sales of unhealthy products in canteen is a useful tool to fight against the worldwide increase in childhood overweight.
2.Canteen Takeaway
Estimate the willingness to pay for a new intervention at the workplace: wholesome canteen takeaways, i.e. a low fat meal with a large amount of vegetables prepared at the workplace canteen that only requires re-heating. Two surveys were carried out in Denmark; one large-scale Internet based survey and one survey at a workplace that introduced CTA. The results from the large-scale survey suggest that this concept attracts relevant target groups; groups of individuals with a less healthy diet, low physical activity and a high body mass index. The workplace study, carried out at a hospital, found that females have a significantly higher WTP for CTA compared with males.
DATA COLLECTION – The following five questions were prepared on Likert scale, and responses were collected using google form.
1. I often fall sick while eating canteen food.
2. I am not aware that our campus canteen is not approved by FSSAI
3. I have issues regarding hygiene in the canteen.
4. I have not seen people to maintain cleanliness
5. I have seen unsanitary practices in the canteen
DATA ANALYSIS – The data so collected was then downloaded in excel.
1) I often fall sick while eating canteen food.
Mean:3.218
Standard Deviation:0.98
Standard Error:0.10
Z value:2.075
2) I am not aware that our campus canteen is not approved by FSSAI Mean:3.758
Standard Deviation:1.16
Standard Error:0.12
Z value:6.094
3) I have issues regarding hygiene in the canteen
Mean:3.931
Standard Deviation:1.08
Standard Error:0.11
Z value:7.990
4) I have not seen people to maintain cleanliness
Mean:3.60
Standard Deviation:1.17
Standard Error:0.12
Z value:4.83
5) I have seen unsanitary practices in the canteen
Mean:3.482
Standard Deviation:1.06
Standard Error:0.11
Z value:4.22
RESULT- The following result has been concluded
1. I often fall sick while eating canteen food. —- H1
2. I am not aware that our campus canteen is not approved by FSSAI — H1
3. I have issues regarding hygiene in the canteen —- H1
4. I have not seen people to maintain cleanliness —- H1
5. I have seen unsanitary practices in the canteen —- H1
CONCLUSION-
1. Students often fall sick while eating canteen food
2. Students are not aware that campus canteen is not approved by FSSAI
3. Students have issues regarding hygiene in the canteen
4. Students have not seen people to maintain cleanliness
5. Students have seen unsanitary practices in the canteen
REFERENCES-
1. Pierre Levasseur, 2021. “Do junk food bans in school really reduce childhood overweight? Evidence from Brazil,” Post-Print hal-02971072, HAL.
2. Nordström, Jonas, 2011. “Willingness to pay for wholesome canteen takeaway,” Working Papers 2011:36, Lund University, Department of Economics.