Open AccessAssessment of the nutritional habits of junior high school students from the Kłomnice district in relation to obesity/ Ocena nawyków żywieniowych młodzieży gimnazjalnej z gminy Kłomnice w aspekcie występowania otyłości
Author(s) -
Ewa Malczyk,
Marzena Zołoteńka-Synowiec,
Beata Całyniuk,
Marta Misiarz,
Joanna Rybak
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
medical science pulse
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2544-1620
pISSN - 2544-1558
DOI - 10.5604/01.3001.0010.5037
Subject(s) - snacking , obesity , medicine , environmental health , consumption (sociology) , food habits , social science , sociology
Background: Puberty is a time when many changes occur in the body of a young person. It is also the time whennutritional habits are developed or modified. Healthy dietary choices are of particular importance for normaldevelopment during adolescence and are also predictive of future health.Aim of the study: The aim of this study was to assess the nutritional habits of junior high school students fromthe Kłomnice district with a focus on obesity.Material and methods: The study was carried out using 280 randomly selected secondary school studentsattending schools in Kłomnice, Częstochowa in the Silesian province. The research was carried out using aquestionnaire comprising questions about gender, age, weight and height of the body and nutritional habits.Results: The nutritional habits of high school students from the Kłomnice district were evaluated to be low. Girlsmore frequently than boys had developed improper eating habits. Irregularities in the diet of the surveyed highschool children are: incorrect number of meals a day, irregular food consumption, snacking between meals, addingtoo much sugar to hot beverages, infrequent consumption of milk and dairy products, coarse grains, vegetables,fruits and legumes and a high frequency of meat and sweets consumption. The nutritional habits of juniorhigh school students from Kłomnice were at a sufficient level. Girls more often than the boys showed impropereating habits. Irregularities in the diet of the students in the study were: improper amount of food consumedduring the day, irregular food consumption, snacking between meals, adding too much sugar to hot beverages,infrequent consumption of milk and dairy products, coarse grains, fish, vegetables, fruits and legumes and ahigh frequency of meat and sweets consumption.Conclusions: It is recommended that continuous nutritional education of children and adolescents is implementedin order to improve diet and thereby reduce the risk of obesity in the future.