FOOD PATTERNS ASSOCIATED WITH A HEALTY BODY WEIGHT IN CHILEAN STUDENTS OF NUTRITION AND DIETETICS

• Published in: Nutrición hospitalaria : organo oficial de la Sociedad Española de Nutrición Parenteral y Enteral Vol. 32; no. 4; pp. 1780 - 1785
• Main Authors: Durán Agüero, Samuel, Fernández Godoy, Eloina, Fuentes Fuentes, Jessica, Hidalgo Fernández, Andrea, Quintana Muñoz, Carol, Yunge Hidalgo, Wilma, Fehrman Rosas, Pamela, Delgado Sánchez, Claudia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Spanish
• Published: Spain 01.10.2015
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Body Weight; Chile - epidemiology; Cross-Sectional Studies; Diet Surveys; Dietetics; Feeding Behavior; Female; Humans; Male; Nutritional Sciences - methods; Nutritional Status; Students; Universities; Young Adult
• ISSN: 1699-5198
• DOI: 10.3305/nh.2015.32.4.9515

to determine food patterns and its association with the consumption of various foods with nutritional status of Chilean university students of Nutrition and Dietetics. cross-sectional study, 634 students were evaluated Nutrition and Dietetics at the Universidad San Sebastián, of Santiago, Concepción, Valdivia and Puerto Montt. Each student a food survey was applied and an anthropometric assessment. 68% of students eat breakfast daily, 36.1% and 37.1% consume the recommended servings of fruits and vegetables, 64.9% consume soft drinks frequently. A positive association was observed between an adecuated weight and the fact of eat vegetables (≥ 2 servings/day) OR = 0.662 (0.440 to 0.996), whole grains OR = 0.474 (0.224 to 1.002), low consumption of fried and sweet snack OR = 0.643 (0.406 to 1.019) and OR = 0.545 (0.360 to 0.825) respectively. students have an insufficient intake of healthy foods and a high intake of unhealthy foods, also shows that the intake of vegetables, whole grains, low consumption of fried foods and sweet snacks are associated with a normal nutritional status among students evaluated.