Food risk factors and arterial hypertension in a rural population of Chernigov Province
Dmitrenko, S.A.
Likars'ka Sprava 4: 105-108
1999
ISSN/ISBN: 1019-5297 PMID: 10476657 Document Number: 506445
The prevalence of consumption of foodstuffs in the rural population of Chernigov Province was studied as were aspects of diet among the population depending on the presence of arterial hypertension (AH), for which purpose a special questionnaire was used permitting the objective assessment to be carried out of the character of nutrition. Most prevalent among the rural population is consumption of predominantly animal fat, eggs, sour-milk foodstuffs, sugar, and legumina. In AH patients, a not-rational diet is manifested by a high consumption of saturated fats and inadequate intake of polyunsaturated fatty acids, vitamines, and mineral substance.