Women working in IT sector are reported to have various health issues, due to shift hours they are unable to cope up with stress, tend to eat wrong kind of food without following a improper dietary regime and therefore suffer from obesity and other related problems at an early age. In this study 150 call centre female employees were selected randomly for the purpose through medical assistance in the form of physical health check up camp in the vicinity of call centre. The demographic information and dietary habits details were collected through a questionnaire and employees were screened for anthropometry assessment. Standard measures were used for taking measurements (Ht., Wt., BMI, Waist & Hip mts. and WHR (Waist Hip ratio). Descriptive statistics such as mea , frequencies and % were used to describe the association of the variables. The study found that the employees were aged between (18-35yrs), out of which 45 (30%) females were found doing morning duty and 42 evening shifts (28%) and 35(23%) doing night shifts and 28( 19%) day duty. (30%) females had one year experience with the company and 80(53.3%) females worked for five days a week and rest six to seven days i.e. 50 (33.3% & 13.3%) respectively . The data revealed that there are no fixed timings of taking their meals while on shift as well as on off days. Consumption of alcohol and smoking found to be 20-30% for those consuming daily. The dietary practices showed uncertain meal timings followed by no meal pattern fixed, intake of fried food, bakery products and beverages found to be significant (including alcoholic and non alcoholic beverages ) along with smoking habit . The anthropometric measurements revealed that the mean height and weight observed was 159.7 cms and 55.5kgs . The mean BMI was 22.81kg/m². whereas the average of WHR was found to be 0.90 cms. This indicated that most of the females fall under normal weight category but the WHR value indicates the prevalence of unacceptable ratio of WHR . 80 (53.3%) females belonged to normal weight category, whereas (12.6% & 5.3%) i.e. 43 and 19 females belonged to Grade I obesity and underweight category respectively. Only 8 (5.3%) belonged to Grade II obesity respectively .

Keywords: Call centre; Dietary habits; BMI; WHR.