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- Title
Valoración de la adherencia a la dieta mediterránea en estudiantes universitarios de Ciencias de la Salud y su relación con el nivel de actividad física.
- Authors
Tárraga Marcos, Almudena; Panisello Royo, Josefa María; Carbayo Herencia, Julio A.; López Gil, José Francisco; García Cantó, Eliseo; Tárraga López, Pedro Juan
- Abstract
<bold>Introduction: </bold>Objective: to assess the degree of adherence to the Mediterranean diet and the practice of physical activity in university Health Sciences students in Castile-La Mancha. Methods: this was a cross-sectional, observational study by means of a dietary and physical activity survey. The sample consisted of 575 university students (77.7 % women). An initial data collection survey was developed using the Google Forms platform (https://www.google.com/forms/about/). Adherence to the Mediterranean diet was assessed with the Mediterranean Diet Adherence Screener (MEDAS) questionnaire and the modified Prevention with Mediterranean Diet (PREDIMED) questionnaire. The Rapid Assessment of Physical Activity Scale (RAPA) questionnaire was used to measure physical activity. Results: we found a 58.3 % adherence to Mediterranean diet among Health Sciences students, with 38.6 % of average adherence, and 5.0 % of poor adherence, with a low consumption of fruits with no gender differences, and a high consumption of red or processed meat and butter or cream with significant differences between women and men. There is also a high consumption of carbonated beverages (more frequent in women). Likewise, a high percentage of students (22.5 %) do practically no physical activity. As for physical exercise, it is always higher in men, with significant differences (p > 0.05). Conclusion: this study suggests that the sample of university Health Sciences students in Castile-La Mancha shows an acceptable adherence to the Mediterranean diet and insufficient levels of physical activity.
- Subjects
EXERCISE &; psychology; HIGHER education statistics; MEDITERRANEAN diet; UNIVERSITY &; college administration; CROSS-sectional method; STUDENTS; EXERCISE
- Publication
Nutrición Hospitalaria, 2021, Vol 38, Issue 4, p814
- ISSN
0212-1611
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.20960/nh.03531