The study was carried out to assess the food consumption pattern, lifestyle and body mass index
of market women in Ikosi-isheri local government area of Lagos state.
One hundred and fifty respondents were selected from two markets using random sampling
method. Data were collected using 24-hour dietary recall, diet history, anthropometric data such
as height, weight and body mass index was also calculated.
The data was analyzed by using descriptive analysis such as frequency and percentage. The
study shows that about 45.3 % of the respondents were within the age group 30-39 years.82% of
the respondents were married. A total of 90.7% have formal education. The study also shows
that about 27.3% of the respondent have three children and about 22.7% have four children. The
study reveals that the respondent consume much of rice(78%), bread(82.7%), margarine(40%),
boiled yam(48.7%) at breakfast while they consumed fried yam(50.7%), fufu(43.3%),
bread(64%), beans(42.7%) at lunch and amala-dudu(68%), ewedu(69.3%), eba(51.3%),
lafun(40%), meat(58.7%), egusi(67.3%), semovita(67.3%) at dinner. Using the body mass
index(BMI) classification, 11.3% of the respondents were found to be obese, 6.0% severe obese
and 26.7% overweight while 50% of the respondents falls within normal BMI range, 6.0 %
being chronic energy deficient.