Abstract The aim of this study was to assess the eating behaviour of homeless people who make use of emergency shelters or charitable food services and to compare them to the practices of people with a permanent residence. The research was carried out in Warsaw using a questionnaire consisting 50 questions among 600 participants aged 35–40; 300 of them were homeless, and 300 had a permanent residence. The eating behaviour of homeless people were significantly less healthy than those of the permanent residents in almost all aspects. Moreover, homeless participants only rarely paid attention to: food hygiene, believed that diet could affect their health, attempted to eat a healthy diet or paid attention to the nutritional value of food. On the positive side, they added salt to meals during cooking less frequently than permanent residents, and they also ate their main meals regularly at the same time every day. Though it seems possible that these two healthy eating behaviour may result from the constraints arising from reliance on external food services. Healthy eating behaviour among the homeless were accompanied by: having the correct weight, being female, and originating from the capital city. The questionnaire developed for the study was validated as a simple and precise tool for assessing the eating behaviour of homeless people.

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华沙 35-40 岁无家可归者的饮食行为

摘要 本研究的目的是评估使用紧急避难所或慈善食品服务的无家可归者的饮食行为，并将其与永久居民的做法进行比较。该研究在华沙进行，使用问卷调查，问卷包含 600 名 35-40 岁参与者的 50 个问题；其中300人无家可归，300人有永久住所。无家可归者的饮食行为几乎在所有方面都显着低于常住居民。此外，无家可归的参与者很少关注：食物卫生，认为饮食会影响他们的健康，尝试吃健康的饮食或关注食物的营养价值。从积极的方面来说，他们在做饭时加盐的频率低于永久居民，他们还每天在同一时间定期吃主餐。尽管这两种健康的饮食行为似乎可能是由于依赖外部食品服务而造成的限制。无家可归者的健康饮食行为伴随着：体重正常、女性、来自首都。为该研究开发的问卷被证实是一种评估无家可归者饮食行为的简单而精确的工具。