ÜNİVERSİTE PERSONELİNDE BESİN GÜVENCESİZLİĞİ İLE OBEZİTE İLİŞKİSİ: KESİTSEL BİR ÇALIŞMA

Year 2023, Volume: 32 Issue: 2, 175 - 181, 04.08.2023

Simge Bal , Binnur Okan Bakır

https://doi.org/10.34108/eujhs.1142561

Abstract

Besin güvensizliği, kaynakların yetersizliği nedeniyle güvenli ve sağlıklı yiyeceklerin bulunamaması veya bunlara erişimin olmaması durumudur. Beslenme ile ilgili bir faktör olan besin güvensizliği aynı zamanda obezite ile ilişkilidir. Bu çalışmada üniversite çalışanlarında besin güvensizliği ve obezite ilişkisini incelemek amaçlanmıştır. Çalışma, Ocak 2020- Ekim 2020 tarihleri arasında bir vakıf üniversitesinde 142 idari personel ile yürütülmüştür. Veriler, Hane Halkı Besine Ulaşılabilirlik Ölçeği- Kısa Formu (HFSSM-SF) ile toplanmış ve antropometrik ölçümlerin yanı sıra sosyo-demografik özellikleri kaydedilmiştir. Katılımcıların %39.4’ünün fazla kilolu ve %21.8’inin obez olduğu saptanmıştır. %64.1'i besin güvencesine sahiptir ve %35.9'u besin güvensizliği yaşamaktadır. Beden kütle indeksi (BKİ) sınıfı veya bel çevresi sınıfları ile hem besine ulaşım düzeyleri hem de besin güvencesi durumu arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir ilişki saptanmamıştır (p>0.05). Beden kütle indeksi (kg/m2) ile HFFSM-SF skoru arasında zayıf derecede anlamlı pozitif bir ilişki vardır (r=0.219,p=0.009). Katılımcıların besine ulaşamama riski arttıkça BKİ değerinin de arttığı görülmüştür. Çalışanların HFSSM-SF ile toplanan verilere göre yaklaşık olarak her üçünden birinin besin güvensizliği yaşadığı tespit edilmiştir. Besin güvensizliği ile ilgili gerekli incelemeler ve ileride yapılacak çalışmalarla birlikte besin güvensizliğinin önlenmesine katkı sağlayacak politikaların geliştirilmesi büyük önem arz etmektedir.

Keywords

Besine erişim, besin güvencesizliği, obezite

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FOOD INSECURITY AND OBESITY IN UNIVERSITY EMPLOYEES: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY

Abstract

Food insecurity is the lack of availability or access to safe and healthy food due to limited resources and is a nutritional factor associated with obesity. We aimed to evaluate the relationship between food insecurity and obesity in university employees. This study was conducted among 142 administrative employees of a private university between January 2020 and October 2020. Data was collected with Household Food Security Survey Module-Short Form (HFSSM-SF), and anthropometric measurements and socio-demographic characteristics were recorded. Of the participants 39.4% were overweight, and 21.8% were obese. 64.1% of the individuals were food secure, and 35.9% were food insecure. There was no statistically significant relationship between body mass index (BMI) classes or waist circumference (WC) categories and both food accessibility levels and food security status (p>0.05). A weak significant positive relationship existed between the BMI (kg/m2) and HFFSM-SF scores (r=0.219,p=0.009). As the risk of inaccessibility of food increased, the BMI of the participants increased. According to the data collected with the HFSSM-SF, it has been determined approximately one-third of the employees experience food insecurity. It is crucial to develop policies that will contribute to preventing food insecurity with the necessary investigations and future studies.

Keywords

food access, food insecurity, obesity

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