Factors Related to Diet Quality: A Cross-Sectional Study of 1055 University Students
| Autor: | Benjamin Adam Jerue, Blanca Martínez-Abadía, Isabel Antón-Solanas, José-Manuel Granada-López, Emmanuel Echániz-Serrano, Enrique Ramón-Arbués |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Adult
Male Universities Cross-sectional study Healthy eating Article Nutrition Policy Young Adult Environmental health Insomnia Medicine cross-sectional study Humans TX341-641 university students Students dietary guidelines Sedentary lifestyle Nutrition and Dietetics business.industry Nutrition. Foods and food supply Psychological distress diet quality Feeding Behavior Healthy diet University students Cross-Sectional Studies Dietary guidelines Diet quality High alcohol Spain Female Guideline Adherence medicine.symptom Diet Healthy business Food Science |
| Zdroj: | Nutrients Nutrients, Vol 13, Iss 3512, p 3512 (2021) Volume 13 Issue 10 |
| Popis: | Given that there is only a limited body of evidence available concerning the dietary habits of Spanish university students, the present study assesses the quality of this group’s diet, their adherence to the National Food-Based Dietary Guidelines, and the predictive factors of their diet quality. To do so, a cross-sectional study was performed on a sample of 1055 students. The quality of the participants’ diets was then analysed by using the Spanish Healthy Eating Index, and then their level of compliance was assessed in light of the dietary recommendations put forth by the Spanish Society for Community Nutrition. According to these standards, only 17.4% of the participants had a healthy diet. The level of compliance with the recommendations was poor, highlighting especially the low levels of “fruit” and “vegetables” that they consumed as well as high levels of “cold meats and cuts” and “sweets.” The factors that predicted a worse diet are being male, living alone, low levels of physical activity, smoking, high alcohol intake, leading a sedentary lifestyle, psychological distress, and insomnia (p < 0.005). Furthermore, participants with low or high body weights showed signs of a higher quality diet (p < 0.001). The present findings suggest that a significant proportion of university students ought to change their dietary habits these also attest to the importance of developing strategies that are directly targeted at university students in order to promote a healthy diet. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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