THE NUTRITIONAL EDUCATION OF YOUTH – A BASIC ELEMENT OF AN OPTIMAL HEALTH

The fact that one of the pillars of a good health is optimal nutrition. For this reason, knowing what, how, when and how much to eat becomes a fundamental question. Starting from this reality, we wished to design a study that would highlight the way in which young people feed themselves and their sources of information on this topic. The study included 164 subjects from high-school (79) and university (85), aged between 17 and 27 years old. In the present paper we will show some of the results we have achieved by applying a survey on the subject on nutrition that we had created ourselves. The survey included 15 questions that aimed to take a look at what the nutritional intake of the subjects was made up of, as well as the frequency with which certain food groups were included in each subject’s weekly diet. The results pointed out a clear necessity for a better education regarding nutrition among young people, and also the need for the creation of certain programs that would better explain to youth groups which types of foods are better consumed frequently and which ones should be eaten in moderation, or rarely, or never. The survey also pointed out that the current main source of information on this subject for the young subjects is the internet – which is perhaps unsurprising, as we live in a very modern high-tech age, but which raises the further question of the quality of the web sites that young people use in order to extract their information; as we know, the internet is both a place for scientific exchanges, but also for simple opinions expressed on popular blogs by people with no scientific or rigorous education on the subject. The survey also revealed that girls are more interested in receiving or researching information regarding nutrition than boys. Educaţia alimentară a tineretului – element de bază a unei stări de sănătate optime. Este binecunoscut faptul că unul dintre pilonii stării de sănătate este alimentația optimă. Din acest considerent a ști ce, cum, când și cât să mănânci devine fundamental. Pornind de la această realitate, am dorit să realizăm un studiu prin care să punem în evidență modul în care tinerii se alimentează, precum și de unde își iau ei informațiile legate de alimentație. Studiul a cuprins 164 subiecți din mediul preuniversitar (79) și universitar (85), cu vârste între 17 și 27 de ani. În cadrul materialului de față prezentăm o parte din rezultatele obținute prin aplicarea unui chestionar propriu privind alimentația: ches