Sunday, February 21, 2010

Urban single-family a healthy diet worrying

The new century, our country entered the fourth single wave. 2005, China's proportion of the population of unmarried young people aged 15-29 and 15-35 year-olds were unmarried proportion of the population increased to 65.89%, 45.71%.

People living alone are mostly young adults, is the main productive forces of society, their health is related to a country, normal functioning of society and future.

However, due to working hours, living conditions and other factors, this group does not guarantee the daily nutrition, and even develop bad eating habits, such as eating breakfast, drinking and so on, greatly affect their health.

 Expert says

Report presented by: Huang Wei, Anhui Medical College Master of Public and Health Management.

This study first in Hefei, Tianjin and other cities in a single place where people often appear random to determine the list of 1115 people who are living as a research object, 536 males, accounting for 48.1%, females 579. Aged 16 to 60 years old, average age 25 years. We design "crowd eating habits of urban single life questionnaire" and carry out a specific survey, and to understand their level of knowledge a healthy diet. Based on their eating behavior, structure and other related eating habits, etc. to investigate and evaluate their level of health.

This research was supported by Chinese KFC Health Fund. Investigation report at the same time for this part of the population from a personal, food and beverage industry, government and relevant organizations put forward several proposals to improve a healthy diet for the catering industry on how to better service these people provide the basis for the urban single life while the crowd of individuals, community, the Government and so the eating habits of nutrition and health advocacy to enhance the health of populations to provide reference.

  ■ 14.5% of the people eating fewer than three times per day, 25.5% of the people rarely eat or not eat breakfast

■ 60.5% of people will have different levels of average weekly consumption of instant noodles, frozen food, instant food

■ Urban single population prevalence of the problem of inadequate drinking water, the amount of

Survey, urban single life, the average daily number of meals eaten daily population is about 2.9 times, 14.5% of people eating fewer than three times a day, in which men eat three times the daily average frequency of less than women. 25.5% of people rarely eat or not eat breakfast. In addition, 19.2% of people have late night classes and other forms of meal situation.

They eat the main place to go for the home or bring their own self-burning, the unit canteens, food stalls or street stalls, Chinese fast-food restaurants and other places, Western-style fast food shops and online reservations, please approach less. In addition to snacks, night markets, snacks, etc., as a midnight snack or afternoon tea ratio of 12.5%.

Only 25.6% of the people adhere to cook their own food every day, 23.5% of people never cook their own food, there are 50.89% people living alone to cook at home occasionally or on weekends. Likes to eat Chinese food accounted for 93.7% in the survey, like to eat Western food, only 6.3%.

Eat breakfast every day and often (4-6 times per week) accounted for 74.5%, with 25.5% of people rarely ate (1-3 times per week) or do not eat breakfast. A more reasonable size for each meal, eat eight saturation accounted for 76.9%. Drinking rate was 53.7% for men than women. Chinese residents in 2002 compared to the findings of nutrition and health, drinking rate was 22.4% higher than the average adult.

60.5% of the population will be different levels of average weekly consumption of instant noodles, frozen food and instant food. 34.6% of people regularly or occasionally to take dieting to lose weight ways in which women than men. 59.4% of the people have the habit of eating snacks, women than men.

Urban single life crowd on insufficient drinking water, 71.4% of man-days of drinking water are concentrated in six cups (200ml cup) The following do not meet the "Dietary Guidelines for Chinese Residents" in the amount of at least 6 cups of the proposal. Drink more water type drink followed by 50.5%, 36.7% juice category, carbonated 33.2%, 29.8% of tea beverages.

  ■ food meal to eat more than four people less than 10%, highlighting the phenomenon of partial eclipse

■ 91.1% of people have never heard of or never seen, "Dietary Guidelines for Chinese Residents"

■ many people are not aware of diet and chronic diseases

Survey shows that valley potato, animal food, milk, beans and products, vegetables, fruits, four types of foods, there are 88.9% breakfast, lunch 73.9%, 76.3% of people had dinner intake of food types in the two type the following; four categories are 2.5% for breakfast, lunch 8.5%, dinner is 9.4%.

Staple diet, rice and flour-based, accounting for 82.1%, 21.4%, cereals, potato and other traditional coarse grain consumption less; to 38.7% mainly vegetables, meat dish consisting mainly of 9.5%, meat and vegetables accounted for 51.8 rather %; animal food is mainly dominated by pork and eggs, with 93.3% of people eat meat; the composition of consumption of vegetables and fruits to vegetables accounted for 40.8% of people who eat fruit only 40.1%, Fruit intake less than normal.

Tastes salty diet accounted for 22.8% of migraine, migraine accounted for 12.0% of sweet, salty side than the sweet side widespread. Eclipse phenomena are more prominent, with 50.5% of people eat like to eat several foods. 42.6% of people that "taste is more important than nutrition." Fewer people to eat nutrient supplements, and only 20.2% of the people have the habit of eating nutrient supplements. 74.0% of the people in their current eating habits satisfactory.

An average of more than 30 minutes per week to participate in physical activity five times or more, only 7.3%. 46.3% of people with average daily volume of activities in the six thousand steps below. The daily average in the computer or television for more than four hours before accounting for 38.3%. Urban single life a serious shortage of physical activity groups. With 91.1% of urban single life crowd on the "Dietary Guidelines for Chinese residents" heard or heard about but never seen, and only 8.9% of people have seen; 85.3% of people on the "balanced diet Pagoda Chinese residents" do not know, or unclear.

With 64.4% of people think that eating carbohydrates easier to gain weight, with 51.0% of people think that obesity is mainly caused by genetics. Many people do not realize that cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disease, pancreatitis, gallstones, and many other diseases and is closely related to the diet.

  ■ suggested that the urban single life of its own people should pay attention to their diet with a reasonable

■ Food industry should provide more services to

■ The Government should enhance their health and diet education

Urban single people themselves should adhere to regular meal quantity. At home can be standing some bread, biscuits and other dry food, fruit and milk. If you eat dinner inconvenient, try to burn some of their simple but nutritious food, not will. Again try to eat snacks, increasing food categories, appropriate to eat a number of coarse grains, pork and eggs with higher levels of fat, not too much for human consumption, due to increase fish intake of poultry products. In addition, eat more fruits and vegetables, particularly fruit and enough water each day. Yin Nai fight every day, eat beans and their products.

Specifically reminded to be exclusive "to eat sea Hu drink," controlled drinking. While increasing physical activity, adhere to physical exercise.

More learning and mastering knowledge of healthy eating, the eating habits of the scientific guidance of the diet. Buy some authoritative books healthy eating.

As urban single people eat out, so the protection of their healthy diet is also the responsibility of the catering industry. So, also suggested that the catering industry to improve food hygiene conditions, particularly in fast-food business. At the same time the crowd of income for the single life is not high, the reality of their daily diet with limited expenditure, food and beverage industry, especially fast-food companies should develop affordable, nutritious and convenient service package. District should be in the city of new development area for dining cloth points; to provide telephone, Internet catering services.

Government, health education, disease prevention and control, nutrition and other agencies should strengthen the single life people's diet health education. Enhance its "Dietary Guidelines for Chinese residents", "Chinese residents of a balanced diet Pagoda," to guide policy and other countries a healthy diet and implementation of the degree of awareness, according to the single life in which people of different working and living conditions to take a variety of health education methods and measures

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