RESEARCH PAPER
Quality of diet and selected dietary behaviours among
students of the University of the Third Age (U3A) in the
Silesian Region
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Zakład Fizjoterapii w Chorobach Narządów Wewnętrznych, Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego, im. Jerzego Kukuczki w Katowicach, Mikołowska 72a, 40-065 Katowice, Polska
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Wydział Medyczny, GWSH, ul. Harcerzy Września 3, 40-659 Katowice
Corresponding author
Laura Jadwiga Piejko
Zakład Fizjoterapii w Chorobach Narządów Wewnętrznych, Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego, im. Jerzego Kukuczki w Katowicach, Mikołowska 72a, 40-065 Katowice, Polska, Mikołowska 72 a, 40-065 Katowice, Polska
Zakład Fizjoterapii w Chorobach Narządów Wewnętrznych, Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego, im. Jerzego Kukuczki w Katowicach, Mikołowska 72a, 40-065 Katowice, Polska, Mikołowska 72 a, 40-065 Katowice, Polska
Med Og Nauk Zdr. 2018;24(1):49-53
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ABSTRACT
Objectives:
Proper nutrition is the major factor affecting the maintenance of human health and psychophysical fitness. This factor becomes especially important in the case of elderly people, who are at higher risk of diseases. The objective of the study was evaluation of the quality of diet and selected dietary behaviours among students of the Universities of the Third Age.
Material and methods:
The study included 217 persons (194 females and 23 males), mean age 65.2±6.2, attending Universities of the Third Age in the Silesian Region, and was conducted using the Questionnaire of Eating Behaviour (QEB). The results were statistically verifies by means of the following tests: chi-square test, Mann-Whitney U test, Kruskal-Wallis ANOVA and the nonparametric Spearman rank correlation coefficient.
Results:
The majority of respondents were characterised by an excessive body weight (BMI>25) and presence of chronic non-communicable diseases. The quality of diet depended on the respondents’ gender and nutritional knowledge. No differences were observed in the majority of the analyzed behaviours of males and females, the differences were noted only with respect to the sweetening of beverages. The respondents’ diet was characterized by a moderate intensity of both health promoting behaviours and those that were anti-health, with a statistically higher number of males than females showing greater intensity of characteristics unfavourable for health. Anti-health behaviours related with sweetening of beverages more frequently concerned males and respondents with lower nutritional knowledge.
Conclusions:
The obtained results suggest that a higher level of nutritional knowledge and female gender are conducive for pro-health eating behaviours of the students; however, they make dietary errors, probably due to insufficient nutritional knowledge. Further actions are necessary in the area of health education of this population group.
Proper nutrition is the major factor affecting the maintenance of human health and psychophysical fitness. This factor becomes especially important in the case of elderly people, who are at higher risk of diseases. The objective of the study was evaluation of the quality of diet and selected dietary behaviours among students of the Universities of the Third Age.
Material and methods:
The study included 217 persons (194 females and 23 males), mean age 65.2±6.2, attending Universities of the Third Age in the Silesian Region, and was conducted using the Questionnaire of Eating Behaviour (QEB). The results were statistically verifies by means of the following tests: chi-square test, Mann-Whitney U test, Kruskal-Wallis ANOVA and the nonparametric Spearman rank correlation coefficient.
Results:
The majority of respondents were characterised by an excessive body weight (BMI>25) and presence of chronic non-communicable diseases. The quality of diet depended on the respondents’ gender and nutritional knowledge. No differences were observed in the majority of the analyzed behaviours of males and females, the differences were noted only with respect to the sweetening of beverages. The respondents’ diet was characterized by a moderate intensity of both health promoting behaviours and those that were anti-health, with a statistically higher number of males than females showing greater intensity of characteristics unfavourable for health. Anti-health behaviours related with sweetening of beverages more frequently concerned males and respondents with lower nutritional knowledge.
Conclusions:
The obtained results suggest that a higher level of nutritional knowledge and female gender are conducive for pro-health eating behaviours of the students; however, they make dietary errors, probably due to insufficient nutritional knowledge. Further actions are necessary in the area of health education of this population group.
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