Nutrition habits of young people,health - attitude – secondary market research

Authors

  • Nikoletta Fülöp Kaposvári Egyetem, Gazdaságtudományi Kar, Marketing és Kereskedelem Tanszék (University of Kaposvar, Faculty of Economics, Department of Marketing and Trade) H-7400 Kaposvár, Guba S. u. 40.
  • Zoltán Szakály Kaposvári Egyetem, Gazdaságtudományi Kar, Marketing és Kereskedelem Tanszék (University of Kaposvar, Faculty of Economics, Department of Marketing and Trade) H-7400 Kaposvár, Guba S. u. 40.

Abstract

The nutrition is a very important coefficient in the life of people. Puberty is a very important part of human life since the habits that will have an effect on their health in their whole life develope in this period. Obesity is considered one of the most freqent diseases in Hungary, which results in a number of other diseases as like heart and vascular diseases, diabetes and many types of cancer. For an efficient Hungarian healthgenerating program it is vital to know and use the results of the surveys concerning the state of health of the young population as well as their attitude towards health. This article shows some in this inland program and it presents the most outstanding international survey called Health Behaviour in Schoolaged Children. The survey was launched at the beginning of the 80s.Hungary joined in 1985. The survey is repeated every four years and consists of a countrywide representative and anonym survey which is carried out with a quastionnaire. The survey application in 2002 included 35 countries from all over Europe and North-America.The aim of the survey on the one hand is to monitor, and on the other hand is to review the facts which influance the teenagers’ lifestyle and their mood.

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Published

2008-02-15

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 1 (2008)

Section

Articles