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A new study indicated that 43. 2 percent of Cambodian garment workers suffered from anemia and 15. 7 percent of workers are underweight, the International Labor Organization (ILO) said Monday.
The study also found that garment workers spent approximately 1. 3 U.S. dollars per day on food, the ILO said in a news statement.
Anxiety and uncertainty about food supply was also found to be surprisingly high in garment workers with only a third of workers in the study meeting the definition of "food secure," it said, adding that about 8 percent of workers met the definition for severely food insecure.
"Anemia and food insecurity can contribute to wide ranging health problems for workers," said ILO's Better Factories Cambodia Program Manager Jill Tucker. "Anemia often leads to chronic fatigue, concentrating difficulty and low productivity. Addressing these anemia levels will be complex, but is key to improving productivity and business outcomes in the garment sector. "
"The next phase of the research will help to explain what interventions are the most effective in improving worker health and productivity, but factories can take measures now to reduce anemia," she said.
These preliminary results come following the completion of surveys with 3,890 garment workers in 10 garment factories, the statement said.
Monthly minimum wage for a garment worker is currently 100 U.S. dollars.
Garment and footwear industry comprises 960 factories with some 620,000 workers. The sector is the kingdom's largest foreign exchange earner that generated nearly 3.5 billion U.S. dollars in revenues in the first seven months of 2014.
