A STUDY OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EATING HABITS AND BODY WEIGHT IN 13-16 YEAR OLD GIRLS

Abstract

Nutrition problems in childhood and adolescence can be extremely serious and dangerous to health. In recent years, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education and Science have taken actions which show their concern and desire for solving the problems, but the results of the studies carried out in this regard are still unsatisfactory. According to a WHO survey conducted in 2017, Bulgarian children are among the fattest in the world, occupying the 5th place in the ranking. The published by the Ministry of Health data from a national survey conducted in 2010-2011 on students aged 6-19, showed that 30.2% of adolescents were overweight and 12.7% were obese. Regular malnutrition or overeating is equally harmful to the growing body. Therefore, the building of rational and healthy eating habits from an early age is among the important components of general education. This study presents a survey conducted on 239 girls aged 13-16. Their eating habits, body weight and BMI were analyzed. The results on these indicators allow us to draw a summarized picture of the group we examined.

Keywords

• nutrition
• adolescents
• bmi