Original scientific paper
Five-Year Cumulative Incidence of Unhealthy Diet in Adult Croatian Population: the CroHort Study
Jasna Pucarin-Cvetković
Mario Šekerija
Nataša Janev Holcer
Abstract
This study investigated 5-year cumulative incidence of unhealthy dietary habits across various gender and age groups within the CroHort study, a repeated cross-sectional survey of Croatian adults. The results monitoring the frequency of certain foodstuffs consumption indicate that 10.6% of examinees (10.9% of men, and 9.1% of women) reported worsening of their dietary habits in 2008 as compared to 2003. The cumulative incidence of unhealthy diet was higher in men than in women, and was highest in younger age-groups (18-34 years), both in men and women. The public health
programmes should be strengthened in a way which would put a special emphasis on education of younger adults, especially males, on nutrition health impact and healthy diet principles.
Keywords
dietary habits; adult population; CroHort Study
Hrčak ID:
75595
URI
Publication date:
2.1.2012.
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