title: Effects of migration on food consumption patterns in a sample of Indian factory workers and their families.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the impact of migration on food consumption among Indian factory workers and their siblings and spouses.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional study was conducted to assess diet using an interviewer-administered semi-quantitative FFQ from which intake of 184 commonly consumed food items was obtained.
  
  
  METHODS
  Participants recruited from factory sites in Bangalore, Lucknow, Nagpur and Hyderabad.
  
  
  METHODS
  The sample comprised 7049 participants (41·6 % female), and included urban, migrant and rural groups.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Thirteen food items were eaten by the greatest proportion of individuals on a daily basis. These were all indigenous foods. The proportion of people consuming tandoori roti, dal with vegetables, potato and ghee on a daily basis was highest in the urban sample, intermediate in the migrant group and lowest in the rural group (P ≤ 0·01). The proportion of individuals consuming Western food on a weekly basis followed a similar trend.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The diet of this sample is predominantly indigenous in nature, irrespective of migration status, with the prevalence of daily Western food consumption being minimal.
authors.affiliation: The Public Health Foundation of India, Institute for Studies in Industrial Development, 4-Institutional Area, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 110070, India.
authors.forename: Dheeraj
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bansal
authors.forename: Ambika
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Satija
authors.forename: Neha
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Khandpur
authors.forename: Liza
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bowen
authors.forename: Sanjay
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kinra
authors.forename: Dorairaj
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Prabhakaran
authors.forename: K Srinath
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Reddy
authors.forename: Shah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ebrahim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004032:Diet / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004041:Dietary Fats; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005190:Family; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D012424:Rural Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014171:Transients and Migrants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014507:Urbanization; D019366:Western World
chemical_list: D004041:Dietary Fats