Dietary Profile and Nutritional Status of the Roma Population Living in Segregated Colonies in Northeast Hungary.

ABSTRACT: Nutrition studies among Roma are scarce and to date no quantified dietary data are available. This report provides, for the first time, quantified dietary data and comprehensive anthropometric information for the Hungarian Roma (HR) population, with Hungarian general (HG) adults as reference. Data were obtained from a complex comparative health survey, involving 387 and 410 subjects of HR and HG populations, respectively. Using corporal measurements, body composition indicators were constructed, while daily nutrient intakes were evaluated in comparison with internationally accepted guidelines on nutrient requirements and recommended intakes. Associations between Roma ethnicity and nutrient intakes, as well as odds of achieving dietary recommendations were explored using regression models,

SUBMITTER: Llanaj E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7551568 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature