جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه « سوءتغذیه » در نشریات گروه « علوم اجتماعی »

In recent years, social networks have attracted the attention of various segments of society, including women, as a source of health information. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of using social networks on women’s awareness of thier physical health.

In terms of purpose, this research was practical research and in terms of nature, it was descriptive-explanatory research, which was conducted as an online survey on the Instagram social network. The statistical population for this study included the Iranian female Instagram users aged 20 to 60 who were the members of the selected Instagram pages in the field of women’s physical health, approximately 22,800 people. A sample size of 384 people was included in the research by the available sampling method. Data were collected through a researcher-made questionnaire, the validity and reliability of which had already been  confirmed. Findings were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistical methods by SPSS software version 21.

Making use of health social networks has a significant positive impact on women’s consciousness of their physical health and all its dimensions, including puberty health, malnutrition and obesity, care during pregnancy and post-pregnancy care,and  women’s diseases and cancers.

The effective use of social networks in the field of women’s physical health should become a health discourse in the society because one of its important consequences for women is increasing the potential ability to make informed decisions during illness, reducing health-threatening risks, increasing disease prevention, increasing the quality of life, and increasing the quality of self-care.

Malnutrition is a big challenge in population and anti-poverty policy making. It could adversely affect productivity and lower income, which result in a food poverty trap. A diverse set of socio-economic factors affect malnutrition. Income growth could be an important factor in lowering malnutrition. However, a key requirement is that calorie and macronutrients demand also increase with income. In this paper we use parametric and non-parametric methods to estimate the income elasticity of calorie and macronutrients (protein, carbohydrates, and fat) for urban areas of Iran. We combine data from urban household income and expenditure surveys between 2008 and 2016 to calculate income, purchased calorie and macronutrients of households. The non-parametric results show that the income elasticity is significantly different from zero in low-income households but becomes insignificant in higher deciles. The parametric results show that the income elasticity of calorie and macronutrients are between 0.18 and 0.27. Thus, policies that enhance household income are effective in reducing malnutrition.

Poverty is both a cause and a consequence of malnutrition. In other words, low income results in malnutrition which in turn culminates in more poverty. It deserves mentioning, however, that destitution is by no means the sole cause of malnutrition and cultural, social as well as public health factors are solved. Presently, portions of our population are malnourished. Lack of food has led to protein- energy malnutrition, iron deficiency anemia, zinc, calcium as well as vitamins A, B2 and D deficiency are still problematic. On the other hand, part of the population is suffering from over nutrition resulting in obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. Current figures point to the presence of 6 million case of osteoporosis or osteopenia. Forty percent of the under- two children are anemic, 11 percent of the under- fives are afflicted with moderate to severe underweight and 15 percent are moderately to severely stunted. The situation is not limited to our country and many nations are faced with the plight of malnutrition. This is why the world leaders gathered, at the invitation of FAO, in November 1996 in Rome to call for "access to healthy and safe food and sufficient food intake" and reiterated that right to food and freedom from hunger must be given high priority in all countries. In policies and nutrition improvement programs emphasis must be placed on the poor, the deprived and low- income groups. Nutritional well- being must be considered as a pre- requisite for social and economic development.