171: DISSEMINATION OF EVIDENCE BASED KNOWLEDGE ON METABOLIC SYNDROME (MS) FROM RESEARCH TO PRACTICE: BANGLADESH CONTEXT

Background and aims: Local context of knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) is of central importance to reduce the public health concerns like metabolic syndrome and thus designing of proper strategies to improve health in a population requires sufficient data which are scanty in Bangladesh. Therefore a project was designed an attempt to start a solution by BIRDEM and WDF (Jan 06–Aug 11). The goal was to create awareness and impact on health professionals and policy makers regarding MS absolutely from local perspective of Bangladeshi people. Methods: The TEAM contacted each and every single institute/university/organization over the whole country to collect primary/secondary – chemical, biological and sociocultural data from research on MS. Data on about 1000 food items and 12000 socioeconomic…