Racial disparities in lifestyle habits and dietary patterns in university students during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Autor: Neves ACM; Postgraduate Program in Health and Nutrition, School of Nutrition, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (UFOP), University Campus, s/n - Morro do Cruzeiro., Ouro Preto, MG CEP 35400-000 Brazil., de Menezes Junior LAA; Postgraduate Program in Health and Nutrition, School of Nutrition, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (UFOP), University Campus, s/n - Morro do Cruzeiro., Ouro Preto, MG CEP 35400-000 Brazil., Canuto R; Department of Nutrition and coordinator of the Program in Food, Nutrition and Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul Brazil., Bruno TCV; Postgraduate Program in Health and Nutrition, School of Nutrition, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (UFOP), University Campus, s/n - Morro do Cruzeiro., Ouro Preto, MG CEP 35400-000 Brazil., Carvalho de Menezes M; Department of Clinical and Social Nutrition, School of Nutrition, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (UFOP), Ouro Preto, MG Brazil., de Deus Mendonça R; Department of Clinical and Social Nutrition, School of Nutrition, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (UFOP), Ouro Preto, MG Brazil., Meireles AL; Department of Clinical and Social Nutrition, School of Nutrition, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (UFOP), Ouro Preto, MG Brazil., Carraro JCC; Department of Clinical and Social Nutrition, School of Nutrition, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (UFOP), Ouro Preto, MG Brazil.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Zeitschrift fur Gesundheitswissenschaften = Journal of public health [Z Gesundh Wiss] 2023 Jun 08, pp. 1-11. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Jun 08.
DOI: 10.1007/s10389-023-01946-w
Abstrakt: Objectives: To evaluate lifestyle habits and dietary patterns among university students during the COVID-19 pandemic and their association with skin color.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted with 1315 undergraduate students from a public higher education institution. Sociodemographic characteristics, lifestyle habits, and food consumption were collected. Factor analysis was used to identify dietary patterns and multivariate logistic regression was conducted to estimate the associations between race/skin color and outcomes.
Results: Black individuals were less likely to show behaviors associated with the use of cigarettes or tobacco products (OR = 0.61; 95% CI 0.42-0.89). However, black individuals with higher income (greater than, or equal to one minimum wage per person) were less likely to show behaviors associated with illicit drug use (OR = 0.54; 95% CI 0.31-0.96), use of cigarettes or tobacco products (OR = 0.46; 95% CI 0.24-0.87) and alcohol consumption (OR = 0.64; CI 95% 0.42-0.98). In addition, individuals of race/skin color black with lower income (less than one minimum wage per person) showed decreased consumption of vegetables (OR = 0.68; CI 95% 0.48-0.96).
Conclusions: Black college students with higher income were less likely to show undesirable behaviors related to the use of psychoactive substances. In contrast, individuals with lower income had lower consumption of foods from the vegetable group, which can be considered an unfavorable health-related behavior.
Competing Interests: Conflict of interestThe authors declare no conflict of interest.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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