Dietary Structure and Nutritional Status of Chinese Beekeepers: Demographic Health Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Beekeeping and honey gathering are traditional forms of agricultural farming in China. However, only few studies have focused on the nutritional status and health level of this special occupational group.

Objective

By comparing the health status of apiculturists (beekeepers) and vegetable farmers in plain areas of Hubei Province, and analyzing the influence of dietary structure and intake on their nutritional level, this paper provides a scientific theoretical basis for the further development of health education and disease prevention for beekeepers.

Methods

From February to April 2016, 191/236 beekeepers (80.9% of the total beekeepers) with large-scale breeding (300-500 colonies) and 182 vegetable farmers in the same area were sampled by the cluster sampl

SUBMITTER: Wang B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8129875 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature