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Nutritional status, chronic noncommunicable diseases and lifestyle of Croatian adults as determined by an on-line questionnaire

There is a tight connection between nutrition and health. Most of increased body mass and obesity problems, one third of all cardiovascular diseases and about 40% of malign diseases could be prevented by changes in nutritional habits and increased physical activity. The aim of this research was to evaluate nutritional status (on the basis of BMI), prevalence of chronic noncommunicable diseases, basic dietary habits, and physical activity of adults according gender (485 male, 2500 female). On line questionnaire was placed on a web pages of Podravka, one of the biggest food industries in Croatia, www.coolinarika.com. According the self reported mass and height and BMI calculated, 55% of participants had normal weight, while 42% of participants showed increased body mass. Among men, overweight and obesity were more common, while among women underweight and normal weight were more dominant. 15% of all participants were suffering of chronic noncommunicable diseases, men a bit more that women. The most common diseases encompass hypertension, heart diseases, diabetes, food allergies and thyroid gland problems. Most of the participants were occupied by sedentary activities 2-5 hours a day, and again with higher prevalence among men than among women. In conclusion, our results showed that women more often respect dietary recommendations, often eat breakfast and light meals, take more care of the foods choice, have lower BMI and lower incidence of the chronic noncommunicable diseases.

dietary habits ; chronic noncommunicable diseases ; internet survey

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