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Pharmacology and biochemistry undergraduate students' concern for a healthy diet and nutrition knowledge

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Author(s):
Bernardes Spexoto, Maria Claudia [1] ; Ferin, Giovana Garcia [2] ; Duarte Bonini Campos, Juliana Alvares [1]
Total Authors: 3
Affiliation:
[1] Univ Estadual Paulista, Dept Alimentos & Nutr, Fac Ciencias Farmaceut Araraquara, UNESP, Sao Paulo - Brazil
[2] Univ Estadual Paulista, Farm Bioquim, Fac Ciencias Farmaceut Araraquara, UNESP, Sao Paulo - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 2
Document type: Journal article
Source: NUTRICION HOSPITALARIA; v. 31, n. 4, p. 1813-1823, APR 2015.
Web of Science Citations: 2
Abstract

Objective: To estimate the concern for a healthy diet and the nutrition knowledge of undergraduate students of a pharmacology and biochemistry program and their associations with the variables of interest. Methods: This cross-sectional study administered the Nutrition Knowledge Scale and the How is your diet? questionnaire to 381 students. The associations between concern for a healthy diet and nutrition knowledge and between these two factors and the demographic variables were measured by the chi-square test (chi(2)) or Fisher's exact test. The significance level was set at 5%. Results: The mean age of the students was 20.6 (standard deviation {[}SD] = 2.7) years; 78.2% were female students; their mean body mass index was 22.6 (SD = 3.7) kg/m(2); and 73.5% had an appropriate body mass index related nutritional status. Most students fell within the category ``pay attention to your diet{''} (77.1%) and ``moderate nutrition knowledge{''} (79.7%). Concern for a healthy diet was significantly associated with program year (p = 0.024), socioeconomic class (p = 0.012), and physical activity (p < 0.001). Nutrition knowledge was associated only with program year (p < 0.001). Concern for a healthy diet was not associated with nutrition knowledge (p = 0.808). Conclusion: Physically inactive, first-year students from socioeconomic class B (US\$ 1,046 - 1,872) were less concerned with a healthy diet. Such concern was not related to the students' nutrition knowledge. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 13/14288-6 - Concern with healthy eating and nutritional knowledge of Pharmacy Biochemistry's students
Grantee:Giovana Garcia Ferin
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation