Households' Dietary Habits and Food Consumption Patterns in Derna-Libya.

Abstract

Since the beginning of the crisis in 2011, over 3 million people have been affected across Libya. According to 2017 Humanitarian Needs Overview, an estimated 1.3 million people are in need to humanitarian assistance, including approximately 241,000 internally displaced persons(IDPs). A household (HHS) is a social unit consisting of a person living alone or a group of persons who sleep in the same housing unit and have a common arrangement in the preparation and consumption of food.This study was performed among only Libyan households in Derna city, consists of seven districts. Libyan HHS whose salary ranged from 400-600 Libyan dinars represented about15%, while 23.33% from up to 1000 LYD. The previous study results among men and women suggested that high level of leisure time physical activity (PA) reduced the risk of CVD in a range of about 20 to 30 percent, compared to the risk of those with low level of PA at leisure time. The classic diet-heart hypothesis posits that diets high in saturated fatty acids (SFAs) and cholesterol and low in polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) raise serum total and LDL cholesterol, which in turn increase the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). This study revealed that about 72% physical inactivates, which leads to increase of NCDs such as Coronary Heart Disease, high blood pressure, and DM. Our results showed that 87% consumed high fried foods may link to an increased risk for type-2 diabetes, and Hypercholesterolemia. Hypertension is the heights NCDs among Libyan households individual (42%).