Romanian’s practices towards information sources about healthy diets

Abstract

Aims: To monitored the Romanian’s preferred sources of information as regards to a healthy diet, in order to establish Romanian profile and implement in future community intervention educational projects. Materials and Methods. Our study was based on the assessment of lifestyle, food preferences and risky behaviors, to a sample of 821 healthy adults from Romania, starting with a consented questionnaire of 26 questions, applied online, in 2018. Results. We explored the main sources for nutritional information and the level of trust in these sources, in a group of Romanian population, evaluated by age, gender, background, education and current professional activity. The most used sources of information by Romanians in the increasing order of frequency were: radio (14,6%), medical field (16,9%), school discussions (21,8%), family and friends (29,5%), TV (30,8%), magazines, books, newspapers (34,6%), Internet (47,5%); the most interested were educated young women from urban areas, with interest in healthy diets. Conclusion. Nutritionists and physicians should promote healthy diet through adequate sources of information, using more eLearning methods and aimed to target risk behavior populational groups.