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Tyrimo tikslas: Įvertinti VU studentų gyvenseną ir mitybą Tyrimo uždaviniai: 1. Įvertinti VU studentų dienos režimą ir fizinį aktyvumą. 2. Įvertinti VU studentų žalingus įpročius. 3. Įvertinti VU studentų mitybos režimą. 4. Įvertinti VU studentų faktinę mitybą. 5. Įvertinti VU studentų maisto papildų vartojimo ypatumus. Tyrimo populiacija: Biomedicinos, tiksliųjų, socialinių ir humanitarinių studijų krypčių, Vilniaus universiteto studentai. Apklausti vienuolikos VU fakultetų atitinkančių aukščiau paminėtas studijų kryptis studentai. Tyrimo imtį sudarė 702 VU studentai, iš jų 400 merginų ir 302 vaikinų. Tyrimo metodai: • Teorinė apžvalga • Anketinė apklausa • Faktinės mitybos tyrimas Anketinė apklausa buvo vykdoma 2010 metų, balandžio – gegužės mėnesį, panaudojant specialiai šiam tyrimui parengtą anketą, kurią sudarė dvi dalys. Pirma apklausos anketos dalis buvo skirta respondentų gyvensenos ypatumams įvertinti. Antroje anketos dalyje buvo surinkti studentų faktinės mitybos duomenys. Statistinė duomenų analizė buvo atlikta SPSS for Windows programos 17 versijos paketo pagalba ir Microsoft Office Excel 2007 programa. Faktinė mityba buvo tiriama 24 valandų apklausos būdu fiksuojant valgymo laiką, suvartojamų produktų, patiekalų ir gėrimų asortimentą bei jų kiekį. Maisto cheminės sudėties analizė atlikta naudojant maisto produktų cheminės sudėties lentelės, rezultatai lyginti su rekomenduojamomis paros maistinių medžiagų ir energijos normomis. Tyrimo rezultatai: Aktyviai fizinei... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / The goal of the survey: To assess the lifestyle and dietary habits of students of Vilnius University. The tasks of the survey: 1. To assess the day regimen and physical activity of students of Vilnius University. 2. To assess addictions of students of Vilnius University. 3. To assess the dietary regimen of students of Vilnius University. 4. To assess the actual dietary habits of students of Vilnius University. 5. To assess the peculiarities of using food additives by students of Vilnius University. The population of the survey: Students of Vilnius University involved in study branches of Biomedicine, Exact Sciences, Social Sciences and Arts. Students of the said branches were interviewed at eleven faculties of Vilnius University. The sample under the survey included 702 students of Vilnius University - 400 females and 302 males. The methods of the survey: • Theoretical review • Interviewing under a questionnaire • Exploration of the actual dietary habits. The interviewing under a questionnaire was carried out in April - May 2010 using the questionnaire developed for this purpose. The questionnaire included two parts. The first part was used for assessing the peculiarities of the lifestyle of the respondents. In the second part of the questionnaire, the data on actual dietary habits of students were collected. The analysis of the statistical data was carried out using the version 17 of the software package SPSS for Windows and Microsoft Office Excel 2007. The actual dietary... [to full text]

Title: Healthy lifestyle in curriculum of preschool-age Goal: The aim of this thesis was to determinate an extent of attention to healthy lifestyle in curriculum of preschool-age children. Futhermore the thesis monitored an attitude of selected kindergarten towards issues of healthy lifestyle of children. Research: A quantitative (non-standardized questionnaire) and a qualitative (interview) method as the research method was used. Results: In conclusion, selected kindergarten pay sufficient attention to various parts of healthy lifestyle of preschool-age children. We discovered differences by Montessori kindergarten among the others. Keywords: kindergarten, curriculum of preschool education, healthy lifestyle, physical activity, healthy diet, mental peace, healthy environment

Title: Active lifestyle of young school-age children Objectives: The aim of this study is to explore, whether the younger school age children are kept to an active and healthy lifestyle. To find out, whether the kids have enough physical activity, how they eat and how much time they spend at the computer or TV. Methods: The quantitative and qualitative methods were used in my research. The qualitative data were collected through surveys and quantitative data were obtained via step counting by using a pedometer. A measurement was used as an empirical method. Measurements were held in the months of May-June and October-November 2015. Results: It was examined a total of 160 children. 14 of them are obese and 9 are overweight. The rest of the students has an optimal weight, eat adequately and has enough physical activity. Obese children spend their free time at the computer or television and have no hobbies or sports activity. Keywords: lifestyle, obesity, energy balance, causes, prevention, consequences, pedometer, children, parents, physical activity, healthy diet

Objetivo: Este trabalho Investigou a associação dos gastos com frutas, legumes e verduras (marcadores de dieta saudável) e com carnes e carnes processadas (marcadores de dieta não saudável) com fatores socioeconômicos, demográficos e com preocupação com a saúde. Métodos: Trata-se de um estudo de análise transversal que utiliza dados secundários da Pesquisa de Orçamento Familiar (POF) 2008-2009 do IBGE, e investiga os fatores associados aos gastos com alimentos marcadores ou não de dieta saudável por meio de um modelo Tobit de regressão múltipla, determinando-se os efeitos marginais das variáveis explicativas. Assim, foi investigada a influência da preocupação com a saúde e de variáveis socioeconômicas e demográficas sobre gastos com dois grupos de alimentos: (a) frutas, legumes e verduras e (b) carnes e carnes processadas. Resultados: O presente estudo mostrou que os gastos com alimentos marcadores de dieta saudável (FLV) e com alimentos marcadores de dieta não saudável (CCP) estão associados a variáveis econômicas e sócio demográficas e à preocupação com a saúde, conforme a expectativa baseada na literatura sobre o tema. Há, no entanto, uma única exceção: o efeito dos gastos preventivos com a saúde sobre os gastos com FLV. Tal achado merece investigação adicional, em termos da constituição da variável proxy da preocupação com a saúde, adotada neste estudo. / Objective: This paper strives to identify how the expenses with fruits and vegetables (healthy diet markers), meats and processed meats (unhealthy diets markers) are influenced by the presence of health seeking behavior, socioeconomic and regional factors. Methods: A cross-sectional analysis study based on secondary data from \"Household Budget Survey 2008-2009,\" IBGE, using the multiple regression TOBIT model. The analysis was about how one\'s concern with health influences the expenses with two food groups: (a) fruits and vegetables and (b) meats and processed meats. Health seeking behavior and socioeconomic characteristics were included as variables. The marginal effect of each explanatory variable over the probability of expenses with the food groups studied was determined. Results: The study shows that the expenses with fruits and vegetables (healthy diet markers) and meats and processed meats (unhealthy diet markers) are related to economical, socio demographic variables and to the concern for health, just as expected based on previous studies. There is, however, one exception: the effect of preventive expenses with health over the expenses with fruits and vegetables. Such finding requires additional investigation regarding the constitution of the concern for health\'s proxy variable.

Objetivos: Valorar los cambios en los hábitos alimentarios de un grupo de 150 adolescentes de 2º de ESO y un grupo de 69 alumnos formadores de FP después de un programa de educación nutricional en el centro educativo donde estudian. Estudio prospectivo de cohortes en el que se han valorado los cambios en el consumo de alimentos, hábitos familiares e higiénicos y conocimientos sobre la función de los alimentos. Grupo control de 108 adolescentes de un centro educativo semejante. Variables estudiadas: Consumo de alimentos, Hábitos durante la comida, solos o en familia, y conocimiento de las funciones de los alimentos. Resultados: Análisis descriptivo de frecuencias y un test chi-cuadrado. Mejora en los hábitos alimentarios tanto en los adolescentes, como en los alumnos formadores. Hábitos alimentarios e higiénicos más equilibrados en los que comen en familia. Mejora el conocimiento sobre la función de los alimentos. Objectives: to assess the changes in the eating habits of a 150-teenager group from 2nd ESO and a group of 69 students, who are vocational trainers after a Nutrition education program in their school. It is a prospective cohort study of peer work in which several issues have been assessed, such as changes in their lifestyle, family and hygiene habits and knowledge about the different properties of varied food items. Control group o 108 teenagers in a school with similar features. Studied variables: food consumption, habits during the meals- if the students eat alone or with their families and if they know how the different nutrients work.Results: Descriptive analysis of chi-square distribution test. An improvement in the eating habits was observed not only among the teenagers but also in the peer trainer students. There are more balanced food and hygienic habits among those who eat together with their families and the knowledge has also been enhanced

We eat foods not nutrients. What is more, we eat them in combinations. Consequently, capturing our complex food habits is likely an advantage in nutrition research. The overall aim of this doctoral thesis was therefore to investigate dietary patterns in the Swedish population –nutrient intakes, nutritional biomarkers and health aspects. Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men in the developed world. However, the impact of dietary factors on disease risk is largely unknown. In Study I we investigated the association between a Mediterranean- and a Low-carbohydrate-high-protein dietary pattern and prostate cancer risk, in a cohort of elderly Swedish men. The latter (but not the former) was associated, inversely, with prostate cancer risk when taking validity in food records into account. Diet is one of our main exposure routes to environmental contaminants. Hence, such exposure could act as a mediating factor in the relation between diet and health. In Study II we investigated the association between; a Mediterranean- and a Low-carbohydrate-high-protein dietary pattern, as well as the official dietary recommendations, and circulating levels of environmental contaminants, in an elderly Swedish population. The first two patterns were positively related to levels of both persistent organic pollutants and heavy metals, whilst the dietary recommendations were inversely associated to dioxin and lead. Finally, although dietary patterns are likely to influence health, little is known about current dietary patterns in Sweden. In Study III we used a data-reduction method to identify dietary patterns in a nationwide sample of the Swedish population. Two major patterns were derived; a Healthy pattern of foods generally considered healthy (e.g. vegetables, fruits, fish and vegetable-oils) and a Swedish traditional pattern (with e.g. meats, potatoes, sauces, non-Keyhole milk-products, sweet-bakery products and margarine). Derived patterns were associated to population characteristics and the Healthy dietary pattern was inversely associated to anthropometric variables in Study IV. Dietary characteristics of the patterns were well reflected in correlations to nutrient intake and (to a lesser extent) in nutritional biomarkers. In conclusion dietary patterns for overall health should be considered, as well as other lifestyle-factors, when interpreting results in nutrition epidemiology and establishing dietary recommendations.

Objetivo: Este trabalho Investigou a associação dos gastos com frutas, legumes e verduras (marcadores de dieta saudável) e com carnes e carnes processadas (marcadores de dieta não saudável) com fatores socioeconômicos, demográficos e com preocupação com a saúde. Métodos: Trata-se de um estudo de análise transversal que utiliza dados secundários da Pesquisa de Orçamento Familiar (POF) 2008-2009 do IBGE, e investiga os fatores associados aos gastos com alimentos marcadores ou não de dieta saudável por meio de um modelo Tobit de regressão múltipla, determinando-se os efeitos marginais das variáveis explicativas. Assim, foi investigada a influência da preocupação com a saúde e de variáveis socioeconômicas e demográficas sobre gastos com dois grupos de alimentos: (a) frutas, legumes e verduras e (b) carnes e carnes processadas. Resultados: O presente estudo mostrou que os gastos com alimentos marcadores de dieta saudável (FLV) e com alimentos marcadores de dieta não saudável (CCP) estão associados a variáveis econômicas e sócio demográficas e à preocupação com a saúde, conforme a expectativa baseada na literatura sobre o tema. Há, no entanto, uma única exceção: o efeito dos gastos preventivos com a saúde sobre os gastos com FLV. Tal achado merece investigação adicional, em termos da constituição da variável proxy da preocupação com a saúde, adotada neste estudo. / Objective: This paper strives to identify how the expenses with fruits and vegetables (healthy diet markers), meats and processed meats (unhealthy diets markers) are influenced by the presence of health seeking behavior, socioeconomic and regional factors. Methods: A cross-sectional analysis study based on secondary data from \"Household Budget Survey 2008-2009,\" IBGE, using the multiple regression TOBIT model. The analysis was about how one\'s concern with health influences the expenses with two food groups: (a) fruits and vegetables and (b) meats and processed meats. Health seeking behavior and socioeconomic characteristics were included as variables. The marginal effect of each explanatory variable over the probability of expenses with the food groups studied was determined. Results: The study shows that the expenses with fruits and vegetables (healthy diet markers) and meats and processed meats (unhealthy diet markers) are related to economical, socio demographic variables and to the concern for health, just as expected based on previous studies. There is, however, one exception: the effect of preventive expenses with health over the expenses with fruits and vegetables. Such finding requires additional investigation regarding the constitution of the concern for health\'s proxy variable.

Background: Over the long term, unhealthy lifestyles can lead to many health problems, especially type 2 diabetes (T2D). The aim of the present study was to determine associations between lifestyle factors (smoking, alcohol consumption, physical activity, and diet) and T2D in American adults (aged ≥20 years) in a nationally representative sample. Methods: Data for 12 987 American adults participating in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2005–2014 were evaluated. Weighted multiple logistic regression models were used to examine associations between the four lifestyle factors and T2D after adjusting for demographics and socioeconomic status (SES). Prevalence trends for T2D were examined using Cochran–Armitage tests. Results: There was a significant increasing prevalence trend for T2D among American adults. Smokers and individuals consuming >12 alcoholic drinks in the past year were less likely to report having T2D than non‐smokers (odds ratio [OR] 0.41; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.35–0.48) and those consuming(OR 0.46; 95% CI 0.39–0.55). Participants with light physical activity have a greater likelihood of having T2D than those engaging in vigorous physical activity (OR 5.72; 95% CI 4.30–7.60). Individuals consuming a poor diet were more likely to report having T2D than those eating an excellent diet (OR 1.18; 95% CI 1.02–1.41). All these relationships remained significant after adjustment for demographics and SES. Conclusion: All four lifestyle factors were significantly associated with T2D among American adults. The findings of the present study provide useful information for healthcare providers that may help them promote specific lifestyle modifications.

Introduktion: Obesitas och övervikt har blivit en global epidemi. Det är fler som dör till följd av obesitas än av undervikt. Det är viktigt med tidig prevention för att förebygga övervikt och obesitas eftersom övervikt i tidig ålder ger större risk för övervikt och obesitas i vuxen ålder. Det finns cirka 370 000 hälsoappar för nedladdning, men lite forskning har gjorts om digitala hälsotjänster har effekt. Syfte: Att undersöka om digitala hälsotjänster kan stödja barn, upp till 18 år, att nå en hälsosam livsstil gällande kost och fysisk aktivitet samt hälsosam vikt. Metod: En strukturerad litteraturstudie där artiklarna analyserades tematisk. Resultat: Efter sökningar i CINAHL och Pubmed inkluderades 21 vetenskapliga originalartiklar. Artiklarna beskrev studier med barn upp till 18 år från 16 olika länder och med olika digitala hälsotjänster. Fyra teman identifierades: “Kostvanor”, “Fysisk aktivitet”, “BMI och BMI z-score”, samt “Tilltro till egen förmåga och engagemang hos barn och föräldrar”. Studien visade både signifikant och icke signifikant förändringar gällande kostförändring, fysisk aktivitet samt BMI eller BMI z-score. Vissa interventioner hade bestående effekt, andra inte. Familjerna hade en övergripande känsla av tillfredställelse att använda digitala hälsotjänster för att främja hälsosamma levnadsvanor och viktutveckling. Slutsats: Levnadsvanor gällande kost och fysisk aktivitet kan förändras med hjälp av digitala hälsotjänster. Med förändrade kostvanor och ändring av fysisk aktivitet kan det bidra till minskad förekomst av övervikt och obesitas. Förändringarna av levnadsvanor var dock inte alltid signifikanta eller bestående över tid. Mer forskning behövs. / Introduction: Obesity and overweight have become a global epidemic. More people die from obesity than from underweight. Early prevention is important to prevent overweight and obesity because overweight at an early age increase the risk of overweight and obesity in adulthood. There are about 370.000 health apps for download, but little research has been done on the effectiveness of digital health services. Aim: To investigate whether digital health service can support children up to 18 years of age to achieve a healthier lifestyle regarding eating habits and physical activity, and healthy weight. Methods: A structured literature review where the articles were analysed thematically. Results: After searches in CINAHL and PubMed, 21 scientific original articles were included. The articles described studies involving children up to 18 years from 16 different countries and with various digital health services. Four themes were identified: “Eating habits”, “Physical activities”, “BMI and BMI z-score”, and “Self-efficacy and engagement in children and parents”. The results showed both significant and non-significant changes regarding eating habits, physical activity, and BMI or BMI z-score. Some interventions had lasting effects, others did not. The families had an overall sense of satisfaction using digital health services to promote healthy lifestyle and weight development. Conclusion: Lifestyle habits related to eating habits and physical activity can be changed with the help of digital health services. These changes can contribute to reduced prevalence of overweight and obesity. However, the changes in lifestyle were not always significant or lasting over time. More research is required.