Problems of Social Hygiene, Public Health and History of MedicineProblems of Social Hygiene, Public Health and History of Medicine0869-866X2412-2106Joint-Stock Company Chicot55710.32687/0869-866X-2021-29-3-442-445Научная статьяThe food habits of women as a factor of development of maternal obesityAmlaevK. R.-DahkilgovaKh. T.hava.dahkilgova@gmail.comKhripunovaA. A.-Kuz'minaE. M.-PlotnikovaN. S.-MajarovV. N.-The Federal State Budget Educational Institution of Higher Education “The Stavropol State Medical University” of Minzdrav of RussiaThe Minzdrav of Stavropol Krai1512202129344244514072021Copyright © 2021,2021The article presents the results of analysis of diet habits of women in the Stavropol Krai. The study was carried out using single-stage structured interview quantitative survey. The respondent was guaranteed anonymity and the purpose of survey was explained. The questionnaire was targeted to identify diet habits of respondents and to establish their dependence with place of residence, infant feeding schedule, body mass index. The statistical data processing was performed using SPSS v. 24 software.The study demonstrated that majority of respondents feed in a fractional and varied way. The population often pays attention to the storage life of products while buying them. But only 12.5% respondents always control the caloric content of food. The obese women are more attentive to the energy value of food (pm0.001), as well as women feeding infant in a natural way (p=0.002). The respondents consume sweets and regularly add sugar to their drinks. Almost half of women assume that they need to lose weight and 37% tried to lose weight through dieting and 30% of respondents used various medications for weight loss. At that, only 21.2% of respondents were able to achieve the desired weight.obesitydietfeeding habitsStavropolожирениережим питанияпищевые привычкиСтавропольский край1.Ash T., Agaronov A., Young T., Aftosmes-Tobio A., Davison K. K. Family-based childhood obesity prevention interventions: a systematic review and quantitative content analysis. Int. J. Behav. Nutr. Phys. Act. 2017 Aug 24;14(1):113.2.Амлаев К. Р., Блинкова Л. Н., Дахкильгова Х. Т. Ожирение: Современный взгляд на проблему. Врач. 2020;(3):1-5.3.Амлаев К. Р., Дахкильгова Х. Т. Ожирение: эпидемиология, этиопатогенез, коморбидность, диагностика и лечение. Медицинский вестник Северного Кавказа. 2020;15(3):434-8.4.Grover S. A., Kaouache M., Rempel P. Years of life lost and healthy life-years lost from diabetes and cardiovascular disease in overweight and obese people: a modelling study. Lancet Diabet. Endocrinol. 2015;3(2):114-22.5.Bitzer E., Sørensen K. Gesundheitskompetenz - Health Literacy. Das Gesundheitswesen. 2018;80(08/09):754-66. doi: 10.1055/a-0664-03956.Дахкильгова Х. Т. Детское ожирение: современное состояние проблемы. Вопросы детской диетологии. 2019;17(5):47-53.7.Амлаев К. Р., Зафирова В. Б., Степанова Е. В., Узденов И. М., Айбазов Р. У. Результаты изучения образа жизни и грамотности молодежи в вопросах здоровья. Профилактическая медицина. 2014;17(3):40-4.8.Kumar S., Kelly A. S. Review of childhood obesity: from epidemiology, etiology, and comorbidities to clinical assessment and treatment. Mayo Clin. Proc. 2017 Feb;92(2):251-65.