Objective: To assess cooking and food preparation skills among women and to evaluate relationship between these skills and obesity. Material and Methods: Research was conducted with 200 female individuals aged 19-64. Sociodemographic characteristics, dietary habits, cooking and food preparation knowledge, cooking and food skills scale, and anthropometric measurements were assessed. Results: Cooking, food skills and total scale scores were found to be statistically significantly higher in women with less than a high school degree (p<0.05). Food skills and total scale scores were found to be statistically significantly higher in married women (p<0.05). Cooking, food skills and total scale scores were found to be highest in overweight and obese groups, and a statistically significant difference was found in food skills scores and total scale scores among all groups (p<0.05). Cooking, food skills and total scale scores were found to be statistically significantly higher in women who liked to cook compared to those who did not (p<0.05). Using underweight and normal individuals according to body mass index classification as a reference, a 1-unit increase in food preparation skills score increases risk of being overweight and obese by 1.022 times (p=0.009), while a 1-unit increase in total scale score increases risk of being overweight and obese by 1.013 times (p=0.031). Conclusion: Cooking and food preparation skills may help individuals meet daily nutritional needs. However, these skills might be linked to obesity depending on how they are used. Potential impact of improper use of these skills on obesity should not be ignored.
Keywords: Nutrition; obesity; cooking skills; food skills
Amaç: Kadın bireylerde pişirme ve yiyecek hazırlama becerisini ölçmek ve bu becerinin obezite ile ilişkisini değerlendirmektir. Gereç ve Yöntemler: Araştırma 19-64 yaşlarında 200 kadın bireyle yürütülmüştür. Sosyodemografik özellikler, beslenme alışkanlıkları, pişirme ve yiyecek hazırlama bilgileri, pişirme ve yiyecek hazırlama becerileri ölçeği ve antropometrik ölçümler değerlendirilmiştir. Bulgular: Pişirme becerileri puanları, yiyecek hazırlama becerileri puanları ve toplam ölçek puanları lise mezunu altında olan kadınlarda istatistiksel olarak anlamlı düzeyde yüksek bulunmuştur (p<0.05). Yiyecek hazırlama becerileri ve toplam ölçek puanı evli kadınlarda istatistiksel olarak anlamlı düzeyde yüksek bulunmuştur (p<0.05). Pişirme becerileri puanları, yiyecek hazırlama becerileri puanları ve toplam ölçek puanları en fazla fazla kilolu ve obez gruplarda saptanmış olup yiyecek hazırlama becerileri puanları ve toplam ölçek puanlarında tüm gruplar arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı farklılık belirlenmiştir (p<0.05). Pişirme becerileri puanları, yiyecek hazırlama becerileri puanları ve toplam ölçek puanları yemek yapmayı seven kadınlarda sevmeyenlere kıyasla istatistiksel olarak anlamlı düzeyde yüksek bulunmuştur (p<0.05). Beden kitle indeksi sınıflandırmasına göre zayıf ve normal bireyler referans alındığında, yiyecek hazırlama becerileri puanındaki 1 birimlik artış fazla kilolu ve obez olma riskini 1.022 kat artırırken (p=0.009), toplam ölçek puanındaki 1 birimlik artış fazla kilolu ve obez olma riskini 1.013 kat artırmaktadır (p=0.031). Sonuç: Yiyecek pişirme ve hazırlama becerileri, bireylerin beslenme yönergeleri doğrultusunda günlük besin ögeleri gereksinmelerini karşılamalarına yardımcı olabilir. Ancak, bu becerilerin kullanımı ile obezite arasındaki ilişkiyi incelemek önemlidir. Bu nedenle yemek pişirme ve gıda hazırlama becerilerinin yanlış kullanımının obezite ile bağlantılı olabileceği göz ardı edilmemelidir.
Anahtar Kelimeler: Beslenme; obezite; pişirme becerileri; yeme becerileri
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