Qualitative properties of Serbian population diet

Abstract

The diet represents an important part of the living standard of the population of any country. At the present level of both social and economic development in Serbia there are three socio-economic household categories: agricultural, mixed and non-agricultural characterized by the mode and rate of income earning which contribute among other factors to the difference in the diet of the 3 categories. Based on the qualitative characteristics of the household categories in Serbia such as: energetic value of diet and consumption of basic nutritional ingredients (proteins, fats, carbohydrates), a substation aggravation starting with the pretransitional period until the present day was recorded. A comparative study of some basic characteristics between the diet of the Serbian population and that of the countries in transition as well as some developed countries was undertaken.

Ishrana predstavlja značajnu komponentu životnog standarda stanovništva svake zemlje. Na sadašnjem stepenu društvenog i ekonomskog razvoja u Srbiji postoje tri socio-ekonomske kategorije domaćinstava: poljoprivedna, mešovita i nepoljoprivredna, koja su determinisana načinom i visinom sticanja dohotka, što pretpostavlja (uz dejstvo ostalih faktora) razlike u ishrani svake od njih. Analiza osnovnih kvalitativnih karakteristika ishrane navedenih kategorija domaćinstava u Srbiji, izvedena na osnovu sintetičkih pokazatelja: energetska vrednost ishrane i potrošnja osnovnih hranljivih sastojaka (proteina, masti i ugljenih hidrata), ukazuje na njeno značajno pogoršanje, počev od predtranzicionog perioda, do današnjih dana. U nastavku rada izvedena je komparativna analiza osnovnih karakteristika ishrane stanovništva Srbije i zemalja u tranziciji, kao i nekih privredno razvijenih zemalja.