International Journal of Scientific Reports | March 2020 | Vol 6 | Issue 3 Page 111 International Journal of Scientific Reports Islam MJ et al. Int J Sci Rep. 2020 Mar;6(3):111-117 http://www.sci-rep.com pISSN 2454-2156 | eISSN 2454-2164 Original Research Article Occurrence of common diseases due to habitual food habit or other habit among the students from different regions of Chattogram, Bangladesh Mohammed Jahedul Islam 1 *, Abdullah A. Mamun 2 , Pabitra Debnath 2 , Farida Siddika 2 INTRODUCTION Bangladesh is a developing country of Asia. Though nowadays the health awareness has been increased more among the people of this country than the previous decades but prevalence of some common diseases is still present. The orientation of infectious diseases remains predominantly acute in the developing countries of the world1 and the young populations are particularly vulnerable. 1 Though lack of regular hand washing and bath cause many diseases but hand washing is still not well practiced in many areas. 2 There is a clear relationship between hygiene practices and several diseases like GI disorders, respiratory disorders, some common infections and illness related absenteeism. 3 Gastrointestinal tract diseases like abdominal cramp, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), nausea etc. are ABSTRACT Background: There are some common diseases found among the students of different areas in Bangladesh which are either communicable or non-communicable. Different infectious diseases occur due to lack of hygiene practice and non-infectious diseases are developed because of many irregular daily habits all over the world. Our aim was to evaluate the habit of practicing hygiene and other daily activities to observe their impacts on the health status among the students from different regions of Chattogram in Bangladesh. Methods: With ethical approval, questionnaire forms of daily habits/activities were filled up by 750 students of different educational institutions. The data were analysed afterwards. Results: Among the population of the study 89% (n=667) students were found to take regular bath; hand washing was regular among 32% (n=240) students, 54% (n=405) students were irregular in hand washing and the rests wash their hands rarely; on the other hand 41% (n=308) students consume street foods regularly; 38% (n=285) students wear eyeglasses due to weak sight; 23% (n=173) suffer from different skin diseases and 63% (n=473) students usually suffer from different gastro intestinal diseases. Conclusions: Our results are not so frustrating, but also not so much good as majority of the students are fond of unhealthy street foods, don’t wash hands regularly and more than half of the students suffer from GI tract diseases with other health problems. It could be recommended that some daily habits including avoiding street foods, intake of sufficient drinking water and hygiene practices should be improved more. Keywords: Students, Hygiene practice, GI disorder, Water intake, Metabolism, Skin disease, Weakness of eyesight 1 Department of Public Health, University of Creative Technology Chittagong, Chittagong, Bangladesh 2 Department of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Chittagong, Chittagong, Bangladesh Received: 18 September 2019 Revised: 30 December 2019 Accepted: 31 December 2019 *Correspondence: Mohammed Jahedul Islam, E-mail: jahedkamal54@gmail.com Copyright: © the author(s), publisher and licensee Medip Academy. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18203/issn.2454-2156.IntJSciRep20200648