Attitudes of young people to fast food

Teoretična izhodišča: Mladostniki, ki so podvrženi hitremu načinu življenja ter hitremu prehranjevanju, so hkrati žrtve sodobnega časa. Diplomsko delo obravnava odnos mladostnikov do hitre prehrane, vlogo družine, družbe in medijev pri izbiri hrane mladostnika. Predstavljena je zdrava prehrana, smernice zdravega prehranjevanja in preventivna vloga medicinske sestre ter njeno zdravstveno-vzgojno delo. Z raziskavo smo želeli ugotoviti, kakšen odnos imajo mladostniki do hitre hrane, in ali mladostniki vedo, kaj je zdravo prehranjevanje. Raziskovalna metodologija: Uporabljena je deskriptivna metoda dela. Kot raziskovalni instrument smo za zbiranje podatkov uporabili anketni vprašalnik. Anketo smo izvedli med polnoletnimi dijaki v enem izmed parkov v Mariboru. Dobljene podatke smo statistično obdelali s pomočjo računalniškega programa Microsoft Excel, ter rezultate ponazorili v obliki grafov. Rezultati: Ugotovili smo, da mladostniki zelo radi uživajo hitro prehrano kljub temu, da se zavedajo, da ni zdrava za njihov razvoj. Večinoma se ne držijo smernic zdravega prehranjevanja. Ugotovili smo tudi, da so medicinske sestre nosilke odgovornega dela. Z zdravstveno-vzgojnim delom širijo pojem zdrave prehrane in nevarnosti hitre, nezdrave hrane. Sklep: Mladostnike je potrebno o zdravi prehrani poučiti, potrebno jim je razložiti, kako hitra hrana vpliva na njihov razvoj in da hitra prehrana ni najboljša izbira za njih. Nezdrave prehranjevalne navade mladostnikov, zlasti neprimerna izbira živil in neredno prehranjevanje lahko povzročijo slabo počutje ter hkrati vplivajo na odpornost organizma. Vloga medicinske sestre je, da mladostnike in starše poučuje o zdravi prehrani in zdravem načinu življenja. Je samostojna na svojem področju ter mora imeti veliko strokovnega znanja in izkušenj.Theoretical starting points: Adolescents, that are subjected to rapid lifestyle and fast food, are also victims of modern time. Diploma thesis deals with the relationship of adolescents to the fast food, the role of the family, society and the media in adolescent food choice. A healthy nutrition , guidelines of healthy eating and preventive role of nurses and their health-care work are presented. With the research we wonted to find out, what kind of relationship have the adolescents to the fast food and if adolescents know, what is healthy eating. The methodology of the research: The descriptive method of work is used. As a research instrument we used guestionnaire for data collection. We performed the survey between adult students in one of the parks in Maribor. The obtained data were statistical processed through the computer program Microsoft Excel and the results were checked in the form of graphs. Results: We found out that the adolescents enjoy very much eating fast food, despite they are aware of the fact that fast food is not healthy for their development. We also found out that the nurses are the bearers of responsible work. With health-care work they spread the concept of the healthy eating and the risk of fast, unhealthy food. Conclusions: Adolescents are needed to be instructed about healthy food, to be interpreted how fast food affects their development and that the fast food is not the best choice for them. Unhealthy eating habits of adolescents, particularly inappropriate choice of food irregular eating can cause bad feelings and at the same time influence on the resistence of the organism. The role of nurse is to instruct adolescents and parents about healthy food and healthy lifestyle . The nurse is independent in her field and has a wealth of expertise and experience