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- Eating habits and food knowledge in a sample of portuguese university studentsPublication . Guiné, Raquel; Ferreira, Manuela; Duarte, João; Nunes, Bruno; Morais, Patrícia; Sanches, Rafaela; Abrantes, RomanaThe choice to adopt a healthy diet is complex, since food choices and eating behaviours are influenced by various factors, such as biological, social, environmental, demographic and psychological aspects. The transition from secondary school to university is a critical period that involves many social and physical environmental changes, which may lead to an unhealthy lifestyle. This study investigated the eating habits, food knowledge and the level of information about a healthy diet in a sample of 670 university students in Portugal. In general, the participants had a good food knowledge and satisfactory eating habits, as well as a satisfactory level of information about a healthy diet. There were found significant differences in the participants’ food knowledge among age groups and according to the area of studies. Most of the students revealed satisfactory eating habits, with significant differences between age groups, the area of studies and the practice of high competition sport. The results pointed to the necessity of improving educational programs which can contribute to increase university students’ food knowledge and consequently improve their eating habits.
- Evaluation of Food Knowledge in a sample of University Students in PortugalPublication . Ferrão, Ana Cristina; Guiné, Raquel; Ferreira, Manuela; Duarte, João; Nunes, Bruno; Morais, Patrícia; Sanches, Rafaela; Abrantes, RomanaEating habits begin in childhood, remain during adulthood and undergo changes as young adults enter university. Hence, this study aimed to evaluate the food knowledge in a sample of university students in Portugal, as well as to identify in what way some sociodemographic factors influence that knowledge. This cross-sectional study was undertaken by means of a questionnaire on a non-probabilistic sample of 376 university students in Viseu. The results showed that most of the participants presented a normal body mass index. In general, students revealed to have a high degree of knowledge about some aspects of a healthy eating (mean scores between 4 and 5, on a scale from 1 to 5) and the majority of them (80.6%) identified the current food wheel. It was also observed that it is through family and Internet that most of the students get the information about healthy eating. Regarding students’ self-evaluation of the degree of information, they believed to have about healthy eating, the average score obtained was 3.91 ± 0.7, indicating that they thought they were well informed about this theme. The mean scores were higher for men, students who were aged 22 years or over, as well as for those who practiced high competition sport, who were connected to food areas and also for the students’ who had already attended a class performed by a nutritionist. Furthermore, it was also observed that, in general, students had notion of which food they should eat in bigger and smaller quantities, not knowing, however, which are the recommended daily portions. This study highlighted the need to deepen the debate on this topic in order to improve students’ knowledge about healthy eating.
- Evaluation of food knowledge in a sample of university students in Viseu, PortugalPublication . Ferrão, Ana Cristina; Guiné, Raquel; Ferreira, Manuela; Duarte, João; Nunes, Bruno; Morais, Patrícia; Sanches, Rafaela; Abrantes, RomanaIntroduction: Eating habits begin in childhood, remain during adulthood and undergo changes as young adults enter university. Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the food knowledge in a sample of university students in Portugal, as well as to identify in what way some sociodemographic factors influence that knowledge. Methods: This cross-sectional study was undertaken by means of a questionnaire on a non-probabilistic sample of 376 university students in Viseu. Results: In general, students revealed to have a high degree of knowledge about some aspects of a healthy eating and the majority of them identified the current food wheel. It was also observed that it is through family and Internet that most of the students get the information about healthy eating. The mean scores were higher for men, students who were aged 22 years or over, as well as for those who practiced high competition sport, who were connected to food areas and also for the students’ who had already attended a class performed by a nutritionist. Furthermore, in general, students had notion of which food they should eat in bigger and smaller quantities, not knowing, however, which are the recommended daily portions. Conclusions: This study highlighted the need to deepen the debate on this topic in order to improve students’ knowledge about healthy eating.