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Cultural Features Influencing Eating, Overweight, and Obesity in the Roma People of South Bohemia

This article describes the important cultural specifics that impact on treatment of overweight and obesity for the Roma people of South Bohemia. Methods: Data on health and nutrition were collected using a semi-structured interview of 302 Roma adults (quantitative phase). A further 25 participants r...

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Autores principales: Olišarová, Věra, Tóthová, Valérie, Bártlová, Sylva, Dolák, František, Kajanová, Alena, Nováková, Dita, Prokešová, Radka, Šedová, Lenka
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Publicado: MDPI 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6073144/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29958390
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu10070838
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author Olišarová, Věra
Tóthová, Valérie
Bártlová, Sylva
Dolák, František
Kajanová, Alena
Nováková, Dita
Prokešová, Radka
Šedová, Lenka
author_facet Olišarová, Věra
Tóthová, Valérie
Bártlová, Sylva
Dolák, František
Kajanová, Alena
Nováková, Dita
Prokešová, Radka
Šedová, Lenka
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description This article describes the important cultural specifics that impact on treatment of overweight and obesity for the Roma people of South Bohemia. Methods: Data on health and nutrition were collected using a semi-structured interview of 302 Roma adults (quantitative phase). A further 25 participants received in-depth interviews regarding their eating and lifestyle habits and perceptions about obesity and overweight (qualitative phase). Height and weight were measured with calibrated scales and stadiometer. Qualitative data were analyzed with the “grounded theory” method. Results: The participants reported a relatively high consumption of high-sugar drinks and foods compared to fruits and vegetables. Lifestyle factors increasing risk of overweight identified from the qualitative interview included unemployment, socially isolating housing, poor transport, poverty, inactivity, tobacco smoking, and for women weight gain after childbirth. Also identified was the need for better health literacy. Conclusions: Effective health education may help to address risk factors for overweight and obesity in Roma peoples. Other measures include improved socioeconomic status and housing security, and improved health literacy of the Roma people.
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spelling pubmed-60731442018-08-13 Cultural Features Influencing Eating, Overweight, and Obesity in the Roma People of South Bohemia Olišarová, Věra Tóthová, Valérie Bártlová, Sylva Dolák, František Kajanová, Alena Nováková, Dita Prokešová, Radka Šedová, Lenka Nutrients Article This article describes the important cultural specifics that impact on treatment of overweight and obesity for the Roma people of South Bohemia. Methods: Data on health and nutrition were collected using a semi-structured interview of 302 Roma adults (quantitative phase). A further 25 participants received in-depth interviews regarding their eating and lifestyle habits and perceptions about obesity and overweight (qualitative phase). Height and weight were measured with calibrated scales and stadiometer. Qualitative data were analyzed with the “grounded theory” method. Results: The participants reported a relatively high consumption of high-sugar drinks and foods compared to fruits and vegetables. Lifestyle factors increasing risk of overweight identified from the qualitative interview included unemployment, socially isolating housing, poor transport, poverty, inactivity, tobacco smoking, and for women weight gain after childbirth. Also identified was the need for better health literacy. Conclusions: Effective health education may help to address risk factors for overweight and obesity in Roma peoples. Other measures include improved socioeconomic status and housing security, and improved health literacy of the Roma people. MDPI 2018-06-28 /pmc/articles/PMC6073144/ /pubmed/29958390 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu10070838 Text en © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Nováková, Dita
Prokešová, Radka
Šedová, Lenka
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6073144/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29958390
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu10070838
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