Effect of Dietary Habits and Supplements on Nutritional Status of Polycystic Ovaries Syndrome Patients

Authors

Hazrat Umar Khan Department of Public Health and Nutrition, The University of Haripur, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,22620, Pakistan Author
Duaa Tariq Department of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition, Bahauddin Zakariya University Multan, Pakistan Author
Muhammad Adeel Kamran Institute of Food Sciences and Nutrition, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan Author
Muzamil Javed Institute of Food Science and Technology, Khawaja Fareed UEIT Author
Safa Naseem Department of Public Health,University of Haripur , Pakistan Author
Atta Ur Rahman Khan Department of Food Science and Technology, The University of Agriculture, Swat, Pakistan Author
Majeed Ullah Department of Food Science and Technology, The University of Agriculture, Swat, Pakistan Author
Muhammad Abdus Salam MBBS, Multan Medical and Dental College,Multan,Pakistan Author

This study set out to assess the effect of dietary habits and supplements on nutritional status in women

with PCOs of reproductive age in Lahore district. Data was collected using a cross sectional study method

from 115 randomly selected women with PCOs. Structured self-administered questionnaire were used to

gather data on anthropometric measurements, clinical symptoms, supplementation and dietary habits. The

time frame for the research work was 6 months. The data was analyzed by using SPSS version 29.0. In

this study the socio demographic data showed that most of the women participating in study were of age

15 to 30 years that is 59.1% while other women fall in the age group of 30 to 55 are 40.9%. According to

marital status 17.4% women were unmarried and 82.6% were married. Nutritional status of these 115

women were measured on the basis of their BMI which showed that either they were under weight, normal

in weight, overweight or obese. 4.3% women had BMI less than 18 which showed that they were

underweight. 44.3% women had BMI in between range 18 to 24.99 which illustrated that they are in the

category of healthy nutritional status. 42.6% women had BMI in range 25 to 29.99 that showed that they

were overweight while 8.7% had BMI above 30 which showed that they fall in the category of obesity.

The intake of fruits and salads was observed mostly in respondents 3 to 6 times a week, most of them were

overweight. 66 respondents responded that they consume saturated fats like mutton and egg yolk etc 3 to

6 times week and another 249 responded that they consume twice or thrice a month. The study showed

that the highest number of exercise sessions was attended by normal and overweight respondents 2 to 3

times per month. While other respondents in less amount performing exercise sessions 3 to 6 times a week.

Lowest number of respondent exercises in each session was once daily.