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Lifestyle and eating habits in a business community.
PURPOSE: The present study verified, using a validated questionnaire, the presence of unhealthy aspects of lifestyle and chronic degenerative conditions in a working community. METHODS: A cohort from a working community in Italy was investigated using of the INRAN (Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca per...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4140429/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25147766 |
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author | Stefani, L Francini, L Petri, C Mascherini, G Scacciati, I Maffulli, N Galanti, G |
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description | PURPOSE: The present study verified, using a validated questionnaire, the presence of unhealthy aspects of lifestyle and chronic degenerative conditions in a working community. METHODS: A cohort from a working community in Italy was investigated using of the INRAN (Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca per gli Alimenti e Nutrizione) questionnaire dedicated to the eating habits and Physical Activity Stages of Change. RESULTS: Most of the 93 subjects (56 females and 37 males, aged 42.0±0.7) recruited reported low levels of physical activity (70 subjects). Slightly more than 50% of the subjects undertook physical activity more than once a week, while 13% did it only once. Food intolerances were reported by 7 subjects (8%), with a high consumption of fruits, cereals and dairy products, low consumption of fish and alcohol, and meat consumption in the normal range. There was a high satisfaction in general quality of life. CONCLUSION: Questionnaire investigations play a role to identify the presence of degenerative chronic conditions in working communities. The self-reported perception of quality of life does not necessarily agree with the lifestyle habits found. Awareness of this aspect could be helpful to plan lifestyle interventions and promote healthy living habits. |
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spelling | pubmed-41404292014-08-21 Lifestyle and eating habits in a business community. Stefani, L Francini, L Petri, C Mascherini, G Scacciati, I Maffulli, N Galanti, G Transl Med UniSa Original Papers PURPOSE: The present study verified, using a validated questionnaire, the presence of unhealthy aspects of lifestyle and chronic degenerative conditions in a working community. METHODS: A cohort from a working community in Italy was investigated using of the INRAN (Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca per gli Alimenti e Nutrizione) questionnaire dedicated to the eating habits and Physical Activity Stages of Change. RESULTS: Most of the 93 subjects (56 females and 37 males, aged 42.0±0.7) recruited reported low levels of physical activity (70 subjects). Slightly more than 50% of the subjects undertook physical activity more than once a week, while 13% did it only once. Food intolerances were reported by 7 subjects (8%), with a high consumption of fruits, cereals and dairy products, low consumption of fish and alcohol, and meat consumption in the normal range. There was a high satisfaction in general quality of life. CONCLUSION: Questionnaire investigations play a role to identify the presence of degenerative chronic conditions in working communities. The self-reported perception of quality of life does not necessarily agree with the lifestyle habits found. Awareness of this aspect could be helpful to plan lifestyle interventions and promote healthy living habits. Universitài Salerno 2014-04-08 /pmc/articles/PMC4140429/ /pubmed/25147766 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Original Papers Stefani, L Francini, L Petri, C Mascherini, G Scacciati, I Maffulli, N Galanti, G Lifestyle and eating habits in a business community. |
title | Lifestyle and eating habits in a business community. |
title_full | Lifestyle and eating habits in a business community. |
title_fullStr | Lifestyle and eating habits in a business community. |
title_full_unstemmed | Lifestyle and eating habits in a business community. |
title_short | Lifestyle and eating habits in a business community. |
title_sort | lifestyle and eating habits in a business community. |
topic | Original Papers |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4140429/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25147766 |
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