THE INFLUENCE OF CERTAIN LEADING FACTORS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF INSULIN RESISTANCE AND PROPOSED DIETARY MODELS AS NUTRITION THERAPY

Abstract

People’s way of life is being formed under influence of the geographical, ecological, political, culturaland religious environment and it is about the characteristics of the population in certain region, place and time. Thehealth of one’s person, the physical, social and mental well - being are under influenced by the lifestyle. The way ofliving, working and functioning can be a reason for development of a certain conditions called illness of thelifestyle. They include: obesity, heart diseases, diabetes, cancer etc. These illnesses usually develop slowly and iftimely intervention is made, through changing the habits that decrease the exposure of potential risk factors, canprevent or delay the beginning of the disease. Main risk factors for development of insulin resistance and diabetesare nutrition and lifestyle habits. On the other hand, they are also main tools that can help in prevention andimprovement of the condition.This research assesses the influence of certain risk factors and quality of the lifestyle in people with insulinresistance that have increased body mass. It is chosen a group of 175 people, from which 103 are women and 73men, aged above 25 years, and have increased body mass index (BMI) (BMI>25 kg/m2) and have hyperinsulinemia.A statistically significant difference was determined (p˂0,028), between BMI and HOMA-IR. Most of them have asedentary lifestyle. From the group that is in employment (69 people), the work isn’t related to physical activity.Most often, they practice walking as an additional physical activity, once or twice a week, in duration of 30 to 45minutes. Biggest part of the people in the selected group (118 people), have regular sleep-in duration of one day.Professional support with instructions for a hygienic-diet regimen that would reduce body mass, education fornutrition and changing of lifestyle habits are needed, to achieve timely prevention and decrease of the insulinresistance, and with that to stop or to delay its progression towards diabetes.