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- Title
MATERNAL DIETARY PREFERENCES BY SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS AND DIFFERENCES IN HEALTH RISK PERCEPTION.
- Authors
Hana, ŠLACHTOVÁ; Hana, TOMÁŠKOVÁ; Jana, BABJAKOVÁ; Dagmar, SKÝBOVÁ; Rastislav, MAĎAR
- Abstract
Background: The diet of mothers during pregnancy significantly influences the health status of the developing fetus, subsequently influencing the child's dietary habits, which are adopted within the family and carried into adulthood. Aim: The study aimed to determine the eating habits of mothers of newborns and the socioeconomic factors that influence their healthy or unhealthy eating. Material and methods: The questionnaires of a sample of mothers from the HAIE project in the period of 2019 - 2020 were analysed. Data collection took place in České Budějovice and Karviná during the mothers' hospitalization in maternity hospitals, and a comprehensive questionnaire was employed as the data collection tool. The study examined the dietary habits of mothers and their perception of health risks associated with diet and lifestyle. The consumption of individual foods and meals stated by the mothers was divided according to the basic nutritional guidelines into risky/non-risky intake, and according to the frequency of risky consumption of each mother, a group of mothers with the riskiest diet was created (10 or more types of risky food consumption). Differences in food preferences according to age, education, marital status, and BMI were analysed. Results: The sample consisted of 498 non-smoking mothers, the majority of whom self-reported good or very good subjective health. Approximately 62.2 % of respondents subjectively evaluated their dietary habits as corresponding to a healthy diet. Risky food consumption, categorized by groups and nutritional guidelines, was applied to 16.5 % of the mothers. The results of the fully adjusted logistic regression model confirmed healthier eating habits among mothers aged 31 - 35 years OR = 0.41 (95% CI: 0.17 - 0.97) and older. A healthier diet was linked to the perception of the significance of physical exercise. The association between healthy diet and education, marital status, and the opinion regarding the impact of obesity on health was not confirmed. Conclusion: Knowledge of sociodemographic contexts and risk perception of healthy eating provides a good basis for health intervention in early childhood.
- Subjects
FOOD habits; MATERNAL health; DIETARY supplements; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; HEALTH risk assessment
- Publication
Zdravotnicke listy, 2023, Vol 11, Issue 4, p27
- ISSN
1339-3022
- Publication type
Article