Tamara Darsania
Tbilisi State Medical University, Georgia
Biography
41 years old, graduated from Tbilisi State Medical University (TSMU) faculty of Preventive Medicine, TSMU Nutrition and age medicine unit doctoral. 2003-2008yy worked in Georgian Research Institute of Hygiene and Sanitation, as a junior researcher. She’s publications in reputed journals: 20 papers and 2 Monographs. She’s participated in 22 International scientific conferences. Not married.
Abstract
Food is used not only the remedy to satisfy hunger, but it becomes the way of getting rid of existed problems. The goal of our research was to study spreading of emotional, external and restrained eating behavior among the population of Georgia and accordingly, introduction of new methods of fighting against obesity and overweigh in Georgia. The appropriate study has been conducted within Georgia. Data on demographic information, nutritional habits, 72-h dietary recalls, modified ADP questionaire, and anthropometric measurements were collected through face-to-face interviews. Emotional, external and restrained eating behavior was observed in 40.5% of respondents. Besides demographic, social-economical and professional factors, meal macrostructure also are influenced by nutritional priorities, psychological changes of eating behavior and the features of medical-biological state. For the purpose of changing eating behavior among the persons with eating behavior disorders it is necessary to open preventive regional centers, offices and cabinets in the medical institutions. In relation to the problem is recommended invitation of the specialists of public healthcare organization to conduct group rational psychotherapy in order to get better acknowledged with the problem and to establish their active positive socially significant motivation.