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- Title
ESTIMATION OF DIETARY HABITS AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AMONG YOUNG POPULATION IN VOJVODINA: BMI-FOR-AGE APPROACH.
- Authors
Šereš, Zita I.; Kiš, Ferenc E.; Simović, Dragana M. Šoronja; Raspor, Peter; Djordjević, Marijana Z.; Djordjević, Miljana Z.; Možina, Sonja Smole; Maravić, Nikola R.; Zahorec, Jana J.
- Abstract
Healthy diet and development of proper dietary habits in adolescence combined with sufficient physical activity are recognized as the key factors of a long-term health. This study was conducted to gain an insight into the dietary habits, the frequency of meal intake and physical activity of the young population by applying a survey. Surveyed participants were Hungarian nationality students who attended elementary and high schools in the province of Vojvodina, Serbia. The total number of participants was 525 (42.5% males and 57.5% females) most of which were from the rural area. To address the nutritional status and risk for overweight among the young population, body mass index (BMI) of the participants was determined. The majority of participants had normal range nutritional status (70.48%) followed by overweight (19.81%) and obese (7.62%). Overweight and obese nutritional statuses were more common among male participants. Increasing number of participants with overweight nutritional status was noticed in the 7th grade of elementary school (25.81%). Insufficient physical activity and irregularities in meals intake were also noticed within the studied population which is an indicator of potential obesity development in adulthood.
- Subjects
VOJVODINA (Serbia); FOOD habits; PHYSICAL activity; YOUNG adults; NUTRITIONAL status
- Publication
Food & Feed Research, 2018, Vol 45, Issue 2, p159
- ISSN
2217-5369
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5937/FFR1802159S