THE COFFEE CONSUMPTION AMONG WOMEN OVER 40 YEARS OLD

Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate the coffee consumption among 204 premenopausal and postmenopausal women. 84.31% of subjects steted that they consume coffee daily, 65.12% of them prefer to add sugar to coffee, 21.51% add sugar and milk and only 13.37% drink black coffee. Regarding the amount consumed daily, 47.67% of women stated that they consume 2 cups of coffee per day, 38.37% consume 1 cups per day and only 13.95% consume 3 or more cups daily. 24.74% of women were smokers. 23.84% of subjects have insomnia if they drink coffee în the afternoon or in the evening. 56.86% of women considered that coffee has benefical effects on health and 38.23% stated that they do no know how to answer.