The role of diet is crucial in the development and prevention of cardiovascular disease. The purpose of the current study was to describe dietary intake and assess health scores of children and adults by using a survey questionnaire on moldavian and transylvanian population, in order to evaluate whether it is necessary to introduce a prevention program for cardiovascular diseases in Romania. In 2015, a questionnaire was sent to 347 children and 583 adults in two counties in Romania where the climatic and topographic conditions are different. Participation rate in the children group was 56.48% moldavian / 43.51% transylvanian, respectively 39.62% moldavian / 60.37% transylvanian participants in the adult group. The questionnaire included a 44-item semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire and questions on lifestyle for children and a 21- item semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire and a health score for adults. Results were evaluated against the WHO recommendations of healthy diet. In Mures county the number of former smokers is significantly higher compared to Bacau county, and considerably more subjects report active smoking and exposure to passive smoking. The incidence of overweight and obesity was similar in the two counties, 68.14% in Bacau and 70.67% in Mures. More subjects from Bacau (94.35%) have regular exercise compared to those from Mures (85.38%), the difference is not quite significant. The majority of the subjects from Bacau county have a significantly healthier diet compared to those from Mures, consuming regularly eggs, meat and dairy products. Based on our data, only 16% of Romanian children reach the WHO recommendation for healthy nutrition regarding fruit and vegetable intake.Dietary habits of children and adults in Romania warrant improvements. Public health actions should be taken to increase the consumption of fruits and vegetables, decrease the consumption of saturated fats and sweets and also to increase the frequency of physical activity. These actions may be helpful in reducing the risks for overweight and cardiovascular diseases.
The goal of this research was to investigate specific personality factors theorized to be involved in adolescents’ health behavior, such as individual differences in the level of purposes in life and the variations of life goals. The instrumentation for the study was a self-completed questionnaire, which included items for assessing health-behavior data, the Purposes in Life scale, and the Aspiration Index for life-goals’ assessment. There were 385 teenage study participants aged between 16-18 years (mean = 16.8 years; 182 boys – 47.3 % and 203 girls – 52,7%) in Transylvania, Romania. Results showed that adolescents who engaged in health-protective behaviors (e.g., physical activity, fruit /vegetable consumption) reported higher levels of purposes in life and intrinsic life-goals, such as affiliation or personal growth. Conversely, those engaged in health risky behaviors (e.g., substance use, sweet/soft drink consumption) not only reported lower levels in having a purpose in life but also tended to report fewer health goals for the future as well as personal growth. These findings argue that health professionals should incorporate and emphasize the development of teenagers’ life goals and purposes in the design and conceptualization of school-based prevention and health promotion programs that focus on fostering healthy lifestyle adoption.
A Harmónia K. L. M. Lelkigondozó Egyesület munkásságaCSIBI SÁNDOR* CSIBI MÓNIKA Az ezredfordulón a bennünket körülvevõ környezetben fontos társadal-mi, gazdasági változások zajlanak, és ezek jelentõsen megváltoztatják a családok életét. Mint szakemberek, úgy érezzük, hogy szükségessé vált az átélt törté-nelmi események és pszichológiai átalakulások egyénre és családra ható következményeivel való szembesülés. Szakmai tevékenységünk során gyakran tapasztaljuk, hogy az Erdélyben élõ családok igen kevés ismerettel rendelkeznek a lelki egészségmegõrzést illetõen, és a segítségnyúj-tásnak kevés szervezett formája igazán mûködõképes.Kevésbé ismert az a tény is, hogy az egyén problémái gyakran a család problémáiból fakadnak, illetve a család mûködése kihat a családta-gok fejlõdésére. Ezek a hiányosságok lehetetlenné teszik a család saját megoldási lehetõségeinek megtalálását, illetve a pedagógusok, szülõk, pszichológusok hatékony együttmûködését.Az iskolai siker jelentõs meghatározója a család és az iskola kapcsolata, együttmûködési képessége. Ez a pedagógusok és családok lelki érett-ségének, önismeretének, mentális épségének függvénye. A gyermek a két felnõtt csoport közötti párbeszédben gyakran kiszorul a figyelem köz-pontjából, és a nehézkes kommunikáció, szegényes, egészségtelen megoldási módszerek áldozataivá válik.
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