Bibliographic citations
Leyton, A., (2022). Hábitos alimentarios en estudiantes universitarios durante la pandemia por coronavirus en una universidad de Lima-Perú, 2021 [Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia]. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/12218
Leyton, A., Hábitos alimentarios en estudiantes universitarios durante la pandemia por coronavirus en una universidad de Lima-Perú, 2021 []. PE: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia; 2022. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/12218
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title = "Hábitos alimentarios en estudiantes universitarios durante la pandemia por coronavirus en una universidad de Lima-Perú, 2021",
author = "Leyton Cruzalegui, Ana Claudia Karol",
publisher = "Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia",
year = "2022"
}
Objective: To compare the eating habits of university students of nutrition and other careers during the coronavirus pandemic. Methodology: Descriptive observational and cross-sectional research. The sample consisted of 346 students of the Faculty of Science and Philosophy of the UPCH. The eating habits questionnaire composed of 2 components (consumption frequencies and dietary practices) was applied. The descriptive and inference analysis was performed with the statistical program STATA version 16. Pearson's chi-square test or Fisher's Exact Test and the Z test of proportions were applied to evaluate the differences in eating habits between nutrition and other careers (Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Biology and Chemistry). Results: A low percentage of the students of the Faculty of Science and Philosophy during the coronavirus pandemic consumed fruits (26.01%), vegetables (17.92%) and milk and milk products (14.16%) on a daily basis. On the other hand, there was a high percentage of students with low consumption of fast foods (≤2 times/month, 73.7%) and desserts, sweets and/or cakes (≤2 times/month, 65.32%). In dietary practices, a large percentage of university students consumed more than 3 meals per day (91.33%) and consumed snacks and/or desserts in the mid-afternoon (39.31%). A high prevalence of the use of technological devices during dinner was reported (73.99%). A higher percentage of students in the nutrition career compared to students in other careers consumed fruits (36.96% vs. 22.05%) and vegetables (26.09% vs. 14.96%) on a daily basis, vegetables on a weekly basis (29.35% vs. 20.87%) and a greater number of glasses of natural and/or mineral water (63.04% vs. 39.76%). Among the dietary practices of the students, a higher proportion of students in the nutrition career than in other careers consumed breakfast daily (79.35% vs. 64.96%), consumed fruits as food in the mid-afternoon (40.22% vs. 25.98%), avoided the use of technological devices at dinner (38.04% vs. 21.65%) and consumed citric beverages with legumes (50% vs. 31.50%). Conclusion: The higher percentage of students of the nutrition career compared to students of other careers had a consumption of food groups and food practices more adherent to the messages developed in the Dietary Guidelines and therefore they would have a better diet and nutritional status.
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