PENSIONERS AND FOOD INTAKE PATTERNS IN A TRANSITION ECONOMY

Florkowski, Wojciech J.; Moon, Wanki; Beuchat, Larry R.; Resurreccion, Anna V.A.; Paraskova, Pavlina; Jordanov, Jordan; Chinnan, Manjeet S.

PENSIONERS AND FOOD INTAKE PATTERNS IN A TRANSITION ECONOMY

Autores

Florkowski, Wojciech J.

Moon, Wanki

Beuchat, Larry R.

Resurreccion, Anna V.A.

Paraskova, Pavlina

Jordanov, Jordan

Chinnan, Manjeet S.

Descripción

Using nationwide food consumption survey data collected in Bulgaria in 1997, this study examines how food intake patterns of the unemployed and pensioners differ from patterns of the employed. During transition, the unemployed and pensioners are particularly vulnerable to nutritional deficiencies and chronic diseases resulting from unbalanced and unhealthy diets as well as food shortage.