Gender differences in nutrition and lifestyle attitudes for a sample of Romanians

Résumé

Nowadays, the impact of nutrition science is different, in terms of such variables as gender, age, level of education influencing the “appetite” for diet and lifestyle information in an essential way. In the present study, we followed mainly the gender influence, in order to draw practical conclusions to be used in the design of Health Education Programs. The results showed that women pay a greater importance to the roles of food and physical exercising in gaining and maintaining wellness and health (p<0.01). Even more, if men buy food mainly by convenience, for female customers other factors (like the nutrients or taste) are decisive (p=0.03). The main conclusion is that women and men behave differently when it comes to make dietary and healthy lifestyle choices. Men are less interested in nutrition topics and hardly ever ready to believe and apply sanogenetic models.