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Publisher: Peytchinski Publishing Ltd.
ISSN: 1312-773X (Online)
Issue: 2022, vol. 28, issue3
Subject Area: Public Health
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DOI: 10.5272/jimab.2022283.4456
Published online: 15 July 2022
Original article
J of IMAB. 2022 Jul-Sep;28(3):4456-4460
STUDY OF THE NUTRITIONAL BEHAVIOR AS A RISKY HEALTH FACTOR OF ADOLESCENTS FROM DIFFERENT ETHNIC GROUPS IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF PLOVDIV, BULGARIA
Gergana Petrova1
, Elena Merdzhanova1, Valentina Lalova1, Penka Angelova2, Ralitsa Raycheva3, Nikolay Boyadjiev2,
1) Department of Nursing care, Faculty of Public Health, Medical University of Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
2) Department of Physiology, Medical Faculty, Medical University of Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
3) Department of Social Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Public Health, Medical University of Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
ABSTRACT:
Purpose: The present study examines nutritional behavior as a risky health factor for adolescents from different ethnic groups in the Municipality of Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Material and methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out with three different ethnic groups (Bulgarian, Turks, and Roma) in Plovdiv Region in Bulgaria. The study was conducted with a total of 185 middle or high school students. For the purposes of the study original semi-structured questionnaire was developed. Statistical analyses were performed using SPSS Statistics v. 26 software (IBM Corp. Released 2019. Armonk, USA).
Results: The daily consumption of meat and fish is highest among boys of Bulgarian origin 10 (19.23%). In the consumption of meat and fish 2-3 times a week, the leading place is occupied by the children of Roma origin. The results of the weekly consumption of milk and dairy products show that 74 (40%) of all respondents consume them every day. Approximately 1/4 of all respondents always add salt to food, and the same share are those who never do that.
Conclusion: The results obtained by us do not show large deviations in terms of recommendations for the consumption of meat and fish among the studied groups. Unfortunately, the recommendation made by experts for daily consumption of milk and dairy products is valid for less than half of the studied adolescents, which carries some risk because eating habits and eating behaviors formed in childhood and adolescence are preserved in the future in adulthood.
Keywords: nutritional behavior, risky health factor, adolescent's health, ethnic groups,
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Please cite this article as: Petrova G, Merdzhanova E, Lalova V, Angelova P, Raycheva R, Boyadjiev N. Study of the nutritional behavior as a risky health factor of adolescents from different ethnic groups in the Municipality of Plovdiv, Bulgaria. J of IMAB. 2022 Jul-Sep;28(3):4456-4460. DOI: 10.5272/jimab.2022283.4456
Correspondence to: Assoc. Prof. Gergana Petrova, PhD, Department of Nursing care, Faculty of Public Health, Medical University of Plovdiv; 15A, Vasil Aprilov, blvd., Plovdiv 4002, Bulgaria; E-mail: gergana.petrova@mu-plovdiv.bg
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Received: 10 January 2022
Published online: 15 July 2022