Vitamin a supplementation in terms of lifestyle disease

• Authors: Ślifirczyk, M , Jędrzejewska, B , Ślifirczyk, A , Modestowicz-Dobrowolski, A , Bochno, K

Abstracts

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Introduction: Rational nutrition is one of the most important factors affecting human development, maintaining good health and prevention of civilization diseases.
Purpose: To assess the state of knowledge among students from John Paul II State School of Higher Education in Biala Podlaska in the impact and effectiveness of vitamin A supplementation on the human body. As well as the assessment of students' knowledge concerning the problem of deficits and diseases caused the overdose of vitamin A.
Materials and methods: The study was conducted among 70 students of the John Paul II State School of Higher Education in Biala Podlaska in the period March - April 2018. We used the diagnostic survey method based on the original questionnaire.
Results: Students have knowledge about dietary supplements; they could indicate the main effect of the preparations. 62.86% of the respondents knew the correct definition of dietary supplements. They had difficulty with the term of vitamin A in the human body and the diseases caused by the lack of it. The problem was a detailed knowledge of the occurrence and impact on the body of vitamin A supplementation. A small percentage (14.29%) students have ever taken supplements.
Conclusions: Students have knowledge about dietary supplements

Keywords

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Vitamin A; dietary supplement; students; civilization disease

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Medyczny w Białymstoku
• Journal: Progress in Health Sciences
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 1
• Pages: 90-97

Dates

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2019-08-26

Contributors

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Ślifirczyk, M

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Jędrzejewska, B

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Ślifirczyk, A

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Modestowicz-Dobrowolski, A

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Bochno, K

Identifiers

DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0013.3691