Choose whether the given statement is true or false:

Ascariasis is a result of unhygienic food habits and sanitation methods.

The given statement is true.

Ascariasis is a disease caused by Ascaris, a parasitic nematode. The parasite enters the human body with contaminated food or water and lives in the intestine. Infected people pass Ascaris eggs in their feces. 

When an infected person defecates outdoors, or when an infected person's feces is used as fertilizer, the worm eggs enter the food chain and cause ascariasis in healthy individuals.