The relationship between diet and body weight way perception on a lot of teenagers at a high school in the city of Piatra Neamt, Romania

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Nutrition is an essential factor for ensuring appropriate development/growth of children and youth. Objectives: knowledge of teenagers and how food is influenced by the perception of body appearance. Material and methods: the study was conducted on a sample of 189 young people at a high school. Eating habits have been appreciated with the help of a questionnaire of weekly savings, which has been applied in 2010 and 2014. Results and discussion: body weight is considered good in 70.30% cases, the differences obtained after 4 years are being statistically insignificant. Dairy products appear in menus especially 1-3 times per week (69.84%) the situation encountered and the eggs (63.49%). Animal products studied is deficient intake, which is a big problem. The dominant contribution of bread and fruit is 4-7 times per week, adapted the rules of rational nourishment.No statistically significant differences occur depending on how the perception of body weight. Conclusions: educational programs are needed which would lead to real food needs to be adapted in the body of the young.


Keywords: Diet; bodyweight; teenagers.

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The relationship between diet and body weight way perception on a lot of teenagers at a high school in the city of Piatra Neamt, Romania. (2017). New Trends and Issues Proceedings on Humanities and Social Sciences, 4(1), 504–510. https://doi.org/10.18844/prosoc.v4i1.2293
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