Nutrition and Anthropometry Data for 708 Lotha Naga Adults in Wokha, India

708 adult participants from the Lotha Naga tribal population in Wokha Town, Nagaland, India, were surveyed in a community-based cross-sectional study. Data includes socio-demographic characteristics, dietary habits from a 7-day food frequency questionnaire, physical activity from the IPAQ, and standardized anthropometric measurements. The dataset was created by Jenny Jami and last updated on 2026-05-07.

Use Cases

• Modeling associations between occupational shifts and obesity based on the described link to sedentary jobs.
• Analyzing dietary patterns and market-food integration using the 7-day food frequency questionnaire data.
• Studying demographic correlates of nutritional status based on age and marital status relationships mentioned.
• Investigating the dual burden of malnutrition within a specific tribal community context.

Strengths

• Dataset includes 708 individual records from a defined population.
• Contains multiple data modalities: anthropometric measurements, dietary habits, physical activity, and socio-demographics.
• Uses standardized assessment tools (WHO BMI cut-offs, IPAQ, FFQ).
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The 14.9 KB file size suggests a limited scope, likely summary statistics rather than raw individual-level data.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

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

Freshness

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

Geography

Wokha Town, Nagaland, North-East India