Nutrition Transition and Obesity Among Lotha Naga Adults in Nagaland, India

A 2026 community-based cross-sectional study of 708 adult Lotha Nagas in Wokha Town, Nagaland, India, conducted by Jenny Jami. Data includes socio-demographic characteristics, dietary habits from a 7-day food frequency questionnaire, physical activity from the IPAQ, and standardized anthropometric measurements for BMI and waist circumference. Analysis was performed using SPSS with descriptive statistics and chi-square tests.

Use Cases

• Analyzing associations between occupational shifts and obesity based on data linking agrarian versus sedentary jobs to BMI and central obesity.
• Studying dietary transitions based on reported consumption of traditional rice-based diets versus market-based and industrially manufactured foods.
• Investigating demographic correlates of nutritional status based on variables for age and marital status.
• Modeling risk factors for central obesity using waist circumference measurements and South Asian criteria.

Strengths

• Dataset includes 708 adult participants, providing a substantive sample size for a community-based study.
• Contains multiple linked data types: socio-demographics, detailed dietary habits (7-day FFQ), physical activity (IPAQ), and standardized anthropometry.
• Analysis uses established international criteria (WHO Asian BMI cut-offs, South Asian waist circumference criteria).

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for certain analytical methods.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data is from a single cross-sectional study in one town, limiting generalizability.

Provenance

Source

Jenny Jami via figshare.

Collection Method

Community-based cross-sectional study using face-to-face interviews and standardized anthropometric measurements.

Time Range

Study period not explicitly stated; dataset last updated in 2026.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-07 05:44:25; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Wokha Town, Nagaland, North-East India.