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J Obes Eat Disord, 2017
ISSN: 2471-8203
August 23-24, 2017 | Toronto, Canada
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INTERNATIONAL OBESITY, BARIATRIC AND
METABOLIC SURGERY SUMMIT AND EXPO
Background:
Lifestyle and balanced diet are essential for
a healthy life. University students have changed their diet
habits; choosing high-fat foods from industrialized sources
over healthy foods. This, along with a decreasing intake
of fruits and vegetables, leads to overweight and obesity.
Mexico is a country with prevalence in overweight and
obesity in adults (72.5%); which is a serious health problem
that echoes on the incidence of chronic diseases.
Aim:
The aim of this study is to know the eating behavior of
university students.
Methodology:
A descriptive cross-sectional study was
performed considering a sample constituted by 30 university
students (18 to 30 years old). They were invited to participate
and accepted with informed consent. A validated and
reliable instrument was used to measure food consumption
and food preparation habits.
Results:
Data obtained from questionnaire indicated that
53% students choose fruits and 46.7% choose vegetables,
due to their flavor. Regarding the reason for the lack of
fruits intake, 33.3% stated that they do not have a personal
commitment and 26.6% indicated that fruits are expensive.
Concerning vegetables, 33.3% answered that they have no
time to prepare them for consumption. Respecting to food
intake outside home; 40% buy lunch on a weekly basis; thus,
they rarely have breakfast or dinner outside home. Students
eat cookies, soda and sometimes fruits during the day. Solely
16.7% of students had one serving per day of vegetables,
and 30% had one intake per day of fruits.
Conclusions:
The ingestion of fruits and vegetables is
below the recommended by WHO (five servings per day).
Additionally, these students have high ingestion of cereals.
With these results, it is necessary to make an intervention to
improve food increasing intake of vegetables.
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prismuniz24@gmail.comFood intake habits, a problem in university students in Mexico
Priscilla Muñiz-Mendoza, Ma Guadalupe Laura Báez- Báez, María de Jesús Orozco-Valerio, Ana Cecilia Méndez-Magaña
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Carlos Cabrera-Pivaral
University of Guadalajara
University Center for Health Science
Public Health Department
J Obes Eat Disord, 3:2
DOI: 10.21767/2471-8203-C1-003