Energy Expenditure in Gari Processing Activities by Nigerian Women
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https://doi.org/10.51406/jnset.v9i2.1118Keywords:
Energy expenditure, Work rate, Heart rate, Gari Frying, ErgonomicAbstract
This work was undertaken to study the energy expenditure by women in Nigeria to produce Gari. Data were collected by direct measurement of height, weight and monitoring of heart beat using stethoscope during operations. In producing gari, a mean energy expenditure of 4.17 kJ/min was spent on cassava peeling and 3.17 kJ/min on mash cake sieving. Frying using traditional method, improved methods I and II of frying expended 9.75, 2.67 and 1.25 kJ/min of energy respectively. The main activities involved in gari production can be considered to be light grade of work in physiological studies with improved method II, the most appropriate in gari frying in terms of increased capacity and greater efficiency.
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Lee, R.D., Nieman, D.C. 2003. Nutritional Assessment. McGraw Hill, New York.
Nube, M., Asenso-Okyere, W.K., Van Den Bloom G.J.M. 1998. Body mass index as an indicator of standard of living in developing countries. Eur. J. Clin. Nutr., 77: 1186-1191.
Nwuba, E.I.U. 1981. Human Energy Demand of Selected Agricultural Hand Tools. Unpublished M.Eng. Thesis. Department of Agricultural Engineering, ABU, Zaria
Okoro, G.E. 1987. Improved appropriate Machine for Rural Oil Palm Fruits Processing. Msc. Project. Department of Agricultural Engineering, University of Ibadan
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World Health Organization. 1995. Physical Status: the Use and Interpretation of Anthropometry. Zgk, Technical Report Series no. 854.: World Health Organization, Geneva
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