TRANSVERSAL STUDY OF EATING HABITS AND LIFESTYLE ASSESSMENT IN A POPULATION LOT OF 464 PERSONS IN BACAU COUNTY
Abstract:
The purpose of the study is to assess the dietary habits at different age groups on a population lot of 464 persons from Bacau county (rural and urban), applying an adapted questionnaire of food frequency. 45% from the total 214 interviewed persons from rural lot eat fat food on a daily basis, while in the urban lot just 2% from the total of 250 interviewed persons eat fat food daily. In the rural lot, the most of interviewed persons (194 persons, 91%) have daily in the diet food rich in cholesterol, compared with the urban lot where most of the people don’t have in their daily diet food rich in cholesterol (188 persons, meaning 75%). From the salt eating habit point of view, in rural lot, 198 persons meaning 92.52% from interviewed persons evaluated themselves as salt consumers, while in the urban lot, a lower rate (57.2%) are salt consumers. In what concerns the fruits and vegetables eating habit, either in the rural (83%) or in the urban lot (82%), the rate is high for this food that brings important intake of vitamins, mineral salts and dietary fibres. The possible explanation can be the fact that in the rural area, vegetables are more accessible and easier to obtain and in the urban are people are probably more aware of the good role of these types of foods.
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