%0 Journal Article
%T Prevalence of Dietary Behavior and Determinants of Quality of Diet among Beneficiaries of Government Welfare Assistance in Poland
%J International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health | An Open Access Journal from MDPI
%D 2019
%R https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16030501
%X Diet, as a modifiable factor for good health maintenance, reduces the risk of numerous non-communicable chronic diseases and prevents premature death. The aim of the study was to examine the prevalence of a dietary behavior and to find out what the determinants of diet quality among the low socio-economic status population are. The studied sample consisted of 1710 respondents. Only 3% of the beneficiaries had healthy dietary habits. Unhealthy dietary habits dominated in all the study group regardless of the subjects¡¯ level of education ( p < 0.001). Higher odds of unhealthy dietary habits were reported among the respondents with primary, vocational, and secondary education than among the respondents with high education (for the primary education OR = 11.10; 95% CI: 5.86¨C21.01; p ¡Ü 0.001; for vocational education OR = 10.54; 95% CI: 5.79¨C19.18; p ¡Ü 0.001 and for secondary education OR = 5.83; 95% CI: 3.48¨C9.79; p ¡Ü 0.001). The unhealthy dietary behavior prevalence among beneficiaries of government welfare assistance in Poland is much higher than in the general population. Since only educational level is a determinant which is significantly correlated with the unhealthy dietary behavior, promotion of a healthy diet among disadvantaged individuals should be focused on this factor. View Full-Tex
%U https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/16/3/501