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Adherence to the Mediterranean diet in Portuguese university students
| Resumo: | Abstract Mediterranean diet (MedDiet) is one of the most recognized healthy dietary patterns. Despite the beneficial effects of healthy eating habits on academic performance, university students make unhealthy food choices. Cross sectional information regarding MedDiet adherence was collected in 305 students from the Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, from different academic courses, related or not with health sciences. To assess the MedDiet adherence, the participants completed a validated 14-point questionnaire. Approximately 29% of the total population presented poor (< 5 points) MedDiet adherence, meanwhile 59% presented an average (between 6 and 9 points) adherence and only 12.50% presented a high (> 10 points) MedDiet adherence. Nutrition students presented the highest MedDiet adherence of all the students analyzed. Pharmaceutical students, although being health professionals, showed poor adherence to the MedDiet, similar to students from courses not related to health sciences |
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| Autores principais: | Ferreira-Pêgo, Cíntia |
| Outros Autores: | Rodrigues, Joana; Costa, Adriana; Sousa, Bruno |
| Assunto: | Mediterranean Diet Mediterranean Diet adherence health sciences students; university students; Portugal Madeira Island dieta mediterrânica Região Autónoma da Madeira |
| Ano: | 2019 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Tipo de acesso: | acesso aberto |
| Instituição associada: | Serviço de Saúde da Região Autónoma da Madeira, E.P.E. |
| Idioma: | inglês |
| Origem: | Serviço de Saúde da Região Autónoma da Madeira, E.P.E. |
| Resumo: | Abstract Mediterranean diet (MedDiet) is one of the most recognized healthy dietary patterns. Despite the beneficial effects of healthy eating habits on academic performance, university students make unhealthy food choices. Cross sectional information regarding MedDiet adherence was collected in 305 students from the Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, from different academic courses, related or not with health sciences. To assess the MedDiet adherence, the participants completed a validated 14-point questionnaire. Approximately 29% of the total population presented poor (< 5 points) MedDiet adherence, meanwhile 59% presented an average (between 6 and 9 points) adherence and only 12.50% presented a high (> 10 points) MedDiet adherence. Nutrition students presented the highest MedDiet adherence of all the students analyzed. Pharmaceutical students, although being health professionals, showed poor adherence to the MedDiet, similar to students from courses not related to health sciences |
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