title: Comparing of nutrients content and calorific value in the diets of Poles and Greeks living in Athens.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Diet is generally defined as a set of behaviors, on the choice of certain foods, their consumption, and it is conditioned by various factors. Each model is shaped feeding in a given place and time by repeated regularly eating and dietary habits. Polish migration to Greece contributed not only to change their place of residence, but also forced them to adapt to a new country. In the literature, foreign language is used for this purpose, the concept of acculturation, which can be distinguished in many aspects of life as well as on the diet. Acculturation related to a diet is called acculturation nutritional and can cause desirable or undesirable effects on nutrition.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To compare calorific intakes and core nutritional components in the daily diets of Poles and native Greeks, residing in Athens. Materials and methods. Three repeats of completing a 24-hour food questionnaire were performed for the study. Results were compared with known nutritional requirements and recommendations (according to weighted means).
  
  
  METHODS
  These were recruited at the turn of 2010/2011 in Athens and consisted of 66 persons aged 19-26, 31-50 and 51-65 years of whom 31 were Polish and 35 Greek. In the former, 18 (58%) were women and 13 (42%) men, whilst in the latter 19 were women (54%) and 16 men (46%).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Daily dietary intakes of calories were 1832 kcal for the Poles but 1628 kcal for the Greeks. Significant differences were observed between the subject groups for daily dietary intakes of calories, total carbohydrate, fibre, saturated fatty acids (SFA) and poly-unsaturated fatty acids (PUFA). In women subjects, both Polish and Greek, these significant differences were seen in calorific and carbohydrate intakes, whereas for Polish and Greek men such differences were limited only to dietary fibre.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The daily diets of Poles and Greek subjects living in Athens did not meet recommended standards of proper nourishment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Nutrition, Faculty of Food Science, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Wroclaw Poland.
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bronkowska
authors.forename: Martyna
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wtykło
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bator
authors.forename: Dagmara
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Orzeł
authors.forename: Jadwiga
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Biernat
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001294:Attitude to Health / Q000208:ethnology*; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000008:administration & dosage; D004043:Dietary Fiber / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000208:ethnology*; D005260:Female; D005518:Food Preferences / Q000208:ethnology*; D006115:Greece / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D009751:Nutritional Requirements; D009752:Nutritional Status / Q000208:ethnology*; D011044:Poland / Q000208:ethnology; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates; D004041:Dietary Fats; D004043:Dietary Fiber