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A Pilot Study on Dietary Choices at Universities: Vending Machines, Canteens, and Lunch from Home

2024-05-31Journal article Open access
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dc.contributor.authorOliveira, Leandro
dc.contributor.authorBinMowyna, Mona N.
dc.contributor.authorAlasqah, Ibrahim
dc.contributor.authorZandonadi, Renata Puppin
dc.contributor.authorTeixeira-Lemos, Edite
dc.contributor.authorMargarida Correia Balula Chaves, Cláudia
dc.contributor.authorAlturki, Hmidan A.
dc.contributor.authorAlbaridi, Najla A.
dc.contributor.authorAlribdi, Fatmah Fahad
dc.contributor.authorRaposo, António
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-07T11:49:00Z
dc.date.available2025-01-07T11:49:00Z
dc.date.issued2024-05-31
dc.description.abstractAbstract Commercial environments and food acquisition methods significantly shape dietary practices and impact health. This study assesses dietary choices among Portuguese university students regarding vending machines, canteens, and lunches from home. It also evaluates their use of the university canteen and their tendency to bring lunch from home. This pilot cross-sectional study used a self-administered electronic questionnaire, made available in early 2023. Participants were recruited through snowball sampling. The study included 137 students from Portuguese higher education institutions, mainly women (74.5%), pursuing degrees or integrated Master’s degrees (83.2%), primarily in health-related fields (55.5%). The median age was 21 years (20 to 23.5 years). About 70.0% regularly consumed food from vending machines, while approximately 60.0% brought lunch from home, avoiding the canteen. Factors such as convenience (48.5%), price (47.5%), product availability (40.6%), and taste (39.6%) mainly influenced vending machine choices. Monthly, chocolates, water, coffee, cookies, treats, and soft drinks were the most commonly acquired items, with coffee being the most frequent daily purchase. These findings provide insights for creating policies and initiatives to promote healthier and more accessible food options for students and strategies to encourage positive eating behaviors.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationOliveira, L.; BinMowyna, M.N.; Alasqah, I.; Zandonadi, R.P.; Teixeira-Lemos, E.; Chaves, C.; Alturki, H.A.; Albaridi, N.A.; Alribdi, F.F.; Raposo, A. A Pilot Study on Dietary Choices at Universities: Vending Machines, Canteens, and Lunch from Home. Nutrients 2024, 16, 1722. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu16111722pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/nu16111722pt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.19/8710
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherMDPIpt_PT
dc.relationThis research was funded by the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) through the CBIOS projects https://doi.org/10.54499/UIDB/04567/2020, accessed on 15 March 2024 and https://doi.org/10.54499/UIDP/04567/2020, accessed on 15 March 2024. This work was also funded by National Funds through the FCT—Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P., within the scope of the projects Ref. UIDB/05507/2020 and DOI identifier https://doi.org/10.54499/UIDB/05507/2020, accessed on 15 March 2024, as well as Ref. UIDB/00681/2020 and DOI identifier https://doi.org/10.54499/UIDB/00681/2020, accessed on 15 March 2024.pt_PT
dc.subjectvending machinespt_PT
dc.subjectcanteenpt_PT
dc.subjectlunchpt_PT
dc.subjectnutritionpt_PT
dc.subjectuniversitypt_PT
dc.subjectstudentspt_PT
dc.titleA Pilot Study on Dietary Choices at Universities: Vending Machines, Canteens, and Lunch from Homept_PT
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oaire.citation.titleNutrientspt_PT
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