DIET AND STRESS FACTORS DURING IMPRISONMENT

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This study aimed to analyze the impact food has, especially fat intake, on the behaviour of people that are imprisoned. It is known that prisoners are subject to stressful situations, due to the long time spent living with people with different life habits, being prone to antisocial behaviour and subject to a controlled diet. The study was conducted during November 2008 and December 2010 in a prison in Moldova and it concluded that prisoners who received the prison food could have increased levels of stress, which adversely affects health, due to food monotony because of fat composition and structure. The study had the following objectives: a. Monitoring the standard variety of food; b. Assess the contribution of tryptophan in the standard of food; c. Qualitative analysis of normal patterns of food.. Key words: stressful factors, depression, food rations