?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Buying+Practices+and+Prevalence+of+Adulteration+in+Selected+Food+items+in+a+Rural+Area+of+Wardha+District%3A+A+Cross+-+Sectional+Study&rft.creator=Khapre%2C+MP&rft.creator=Mudey%2C+A&rft.creator=Chaudhary%2C+S&rft.creator=Wagh%2C+V&rft.creator=Dawale%2C+A&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=Introduction%3A+Food+adulteration+in+India+includes+both+willful+adulteration+and+substandard+food+which+do+not+confirm+to+prescribe+food+standard.+There+is+striking+paucity+of+reliable+data+with+regard+to+extent+of+adulteration+and+documentation+of+food+borne+illnesses+reflecting+lack+of+attention+and+focus+on+this+problem.+Objectives%3A+To+find+the+prevalence+of+food+adulteration%2C+buying+practices+of+selected+food+items+and+their+awareness+towards+food+adulteration+act.+Also+assess+relationship+between+per-capita+incomes%2C+education+of+respondents%2C+and+food+borne+illnesses+with+magnitude+of+adulteration+in+each+house-hold.+Methods%3A+With+the+best+estimate+of+50%25%2C+sample+size+comes+to+89.+By+stratifying+the+village+according+to+social+strata+and+randomly+selecting+the+households+with+PPS.+Questionnaire+was+administered+to+fulfill+our+objectives+and+food+items+were+tested.+Data+analyzed+by+numeral+with+percentage%2C+Pearson+moment+correlation%2C+F+test+and+chi+square+test.+Results%3A+In+68.5%25+Households%2C+wife+(home-maker)+buys+the+grocery.+Majority+of+them+never+read+the+food+labels.+All+the+selected+food+items+were+adulterated+ranging+from+76+%25+to+11%25.+Mean+percentage+of+purity+was+highest+in+literates+(47.5+%C2%B1+22.48)+than+illiterates+and+just+literates.+Food+borne+illness+was+prevalent+in+households+with+low+purity+of+food.+Association+was+found+between+per+capita+income+and+percentage+of+purity+(0.765).&rft.publisher=BS+Kakkilaya&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr+Srinivas&rft.date=2011-11-15&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8000%2F1%2F2011-3-4.pdf&rft.identifier=++Khapre%2C+MP+and+Mudey%2C+A+and+Chaudhary%2C+S+and+Wagh%2C+V+and+Dawale%2C+A++(2011)+Buying+Practices+and+Prevalence+of+Adulteration+in+Selected+Food+items+in+a+Rural+Area+of+Wardha+District%3A+A+Cross+-+Sectional+Study.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8000%2F