Identification of Body Composition, Dietary Patterns and Its Associated Factors in Medical University Students in China
| Autor: | Jahan Shah, Falak Zeb, Zahula Mariyam, Ijaz Ul Haq, Ming Zhou, Xiaoyue Wu, Min Li, Pan Jiang, Chuyue Xu, Qing Feng |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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0301 basic medicine
Adult Male Multivariate statistics China Students Medical Adolescent Medicine (miscellaneous) Physical exercise Negative association 03 medical and health sciences Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine Surveys and Questionnaires Medicine Humans Mass index 030212 general & internal medicine Life Style 030109 nutrition & dietetics Ecology business.industry Dietary intake Data Collection General Medicine Feeding Behavior Dietary pattern Diet Socioeconomic Factors Body Composition Composition (visual arts) Female business Lifestyle behavior Food Science Demography |
| Zdroj: | Ecology of food and nutrition. 59(1) |
| ISSN: | 1543-5237 |
| Popis: | This study aimed to measure the body composition, dietary patterns and its associated factors in medical students. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 695 students studying at Nanjing medical university, China. Data regarding dietary intake factors was collected by a validated food frequency questionnaire. Principle component analysis and multivariate linear regressions were used. Body composition including BMI and visceral fats index of the males were significantly higher (P < .05) than females. While body fats percentage and fats mass index/free fat mass index (FMI/FFMI) ratio of females was significantly higher (P < .05) than males. Three dietary patterns were identified: western dietary pattern, meat pattern, and vegetables and fruits pattern. The western pattern was having an independent negative association (P < .05) with age and financial status, while positive association (P < .05) with sleeping duration and FMI/FFMI ratio. Vegetables and fruits patterns was having positive association with physical exercise and while negative association with FMI/FFMI ratio. Meat pattern was having positive association with educational levels and sleeping duration, while negative association with physical exercise and FMI/FFMI ratio. In conclusion, medical students adopted less healthy dietary patterns as compared to healthy dietary patterns, which were found to be more associated with some adverse dietary and lifestyle behavior outcomes. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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