Investigating the Status of Healthy Nutrition Index, Fat, Cholesterol and Sodium Intake in Residents Over 19 Years of Age in Yasuj, Iran, in 2020

Malekzadeh , JM; Pourmahmoudi,  A; Mohammadi Nia , F

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Volume 29, Issue 1 (12-2023)

__Armaghane Danesh__ 2023, 29(1): 158-171

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Investigating the Status of Healthy Nutrition Index, Fat, Cholesterol and Sodium Intake in Residents Over 19 Years of Age in Yasuj, Iran, in 2020

JM Malekzadeh¹

, A Pourmahmoudi

², F Mohammadi Nia¹

1- Department of Nutrition, Yasuj University of Medical Sciences, Yasuj, Iran
2- Department of Nutrition, Yasuj University of Medical Sciences, Yasuj, Iran , pourmahmoudi@gmail.com

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Background & aim: Unhealthy diet - as one of the main risk factors of non-communicable diseases and responsible for most chronic diseases and their mortality, which affects people's health regardless of age, gender and social cultural conditions. The healthy eating index is one of the developed methods to evaluate the diet status and predict the chance of chronic diseases, considering the fact that no study had been done on the food quality of the residents of Yasuj, Iran. In the present study the status of the healthy eating index, fat intake, Cholesterol and sodium were investigated in residents over 19 years of age in Yasuj, Iran, in 2020.

Methods: The present descriptive study was conducted in 2020 on 300 residents of Yasuj randomly sampled at their houses. The food intake collection tool was the food frequency questionnaire with 168 questions, which was developed and used by previous researchers. The healthy eating index was calculated and reported using the scoring of this index in the 1995 healthy eating index tool. The collected data were analyzed using chi-square test.

Results: Examining the status of the healthy nutrition index calculated based on the pattern of food intake indicated that in 82.7% (248 people) cases, the overall nutrition index of people was favorable and in 17.3% (52 people) it needed to be changed and modified, while that none of the examined people had a poor nutrition index. In total, with a 95% confidence level, 13-22% of the people examined have nutritional index that needs correction, also 78.9% of daily cholesterol intake is above 300 mg, 15.7% of sodium intake is above 2300 mg, and 29.3% of fat is above 30%. had received between the status of socio-economic indicators such as; Literacy, occupation and home ownership did not have a significant relationship with the healthy eating index.

Conclusion: Based on the obtained information, the status of cholesterol and sodium intake in the residents of Yasuj, as well as the intake of calories and the status of the nutrition index in some of the surveyed people, was unfavorable, which is the need to pay attention to the nutritional status, calorie intake and cholesterol intake. and sodium, which cause the risk of cardiovascular diseases.

Keywords: Healthy nutrition index, Adult, Cholesterol, Sodium, Fat, Calories

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Type of Study: Research | Subject: Nutrition
Received: 2023/06/10 | Accepted: 2023/12/18 | Published: 2024/01/10

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