Romanian Population Perception about Food Risk Behavior Starting from their Social and Cultural Profile

  • GEORGESCU M
  • TARCEA M
  • HADMAȘ R
  • et al.
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Abstract

Our goal was to assess the Romanian’s food behavior according to their socio-cultural profile, in order to identify food behavior at risk and implement educational prevention methods. We performed a study based on the assessment of lifestyle and social aspects, based on an international project validated questionnaire of 26 questions, applied online in 2018 to a group of 821 adults, in Romania. The results underlined that socio-economic status was a contributing factor in food choices, people with low socio-economic status opted for low-price food, especially the elderly (40%). Regarding the preference for eating alone related to gender, both the female respondents (37.8%) and the males (50.6%) mostly disagreed, with statistical significance for males (p<0.022), also males were more influenced about what other people are eating (p<0.045). It is needed to implement new educational strategies, both in schools and adults communities, in order to reduce the risks for future chronic diseases.

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GEORGESCU, M., TARCEA, M., HADMAȘ, R., SENI, G., TEODORESCU, C., SZAZS, S., … ABRAM, Z. (2020). Romanian Population Perception about Food Risk Behavior Starting from their Social and Cultural Profile. Bulletin of University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine Cluj-Napoca. Food Science and Technology, 77(2), 10–16. https://doi.org/10.15835/buasvmcn-fst:2019.0039

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