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Macronutrient Intake, Sleep Quality, Anxiety, Adherence to a Mediterranean Diet and Emotional Eating among Female Health Science Undergraduate Students

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العنوان: Macronutrient Intake, Sleep Quality, Anxiety, Adherence to a Mediterranean Diet and Emotional Eating among Female Health Science Undergraduate Students
المؤلفون: Germán Díaz, Sonsoles Hernández, Almudena Crespo, Alina Renghea, Hugo Yébenes, María Teresa Iglesias-López
المصدر: Nutrients; Volume 15; Issue 13; Pages: 2882
بيانات النشر: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
سنة النشر: 2023
المجموعة: MDPI Open Access Publishing
مصطلحات موضوعية: female undergraduate students, COVID, emotional eating, sleep quality, anxiety
جغرافية الموضوع: agris
الوصف: Introduction: COVID-19 provoked a myriad of challenges for people’s health, poor life satisfaction and an unhealthy diet that could be associated with serious negative health outcomes and behaviours. University is a stressful environment that is associated with unhealthy changes in the eating behaviours of students. The association between diet and mental health is complex and bidirectional, depending on the motivation to eat; emotional eaters regulate their emotions through the increased consumption of comfort foods. Objective: The aim of this study was to compare the nutritional habits, alcohol consumption, anxiety and sleep quality of female health science college students. Material and methods: A cross-sectional study of 191 female undergraduate students in Madrid was used. Their body mass index and waist hip ratio were measured. The questionnaires used included the Mediterranean Diet Adherence test, AUDIT, Emotional Eater Questionnaire, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, and Food Addiction, Perceived Stress Scale and STAI questionnaires. Results: We observed a high intake of protein, fat, saturated fatty acids and cholesterol. Overall, 9.5% never had breakfast, and 66.5% consciously reduced their food intake. According to Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, they mainly slept 6–7 h, and 82% presented with a poor sleep quality; 13.5% presented moderate–high food addiction, and 35% had moderate Mediterranean Diet Adherence score. Conclusion: Female students’ macronutrient imbalances were noted, with a high-level protein and fat intake diet and a low proportion of carbohydrates and fibre. A high proportion of them need alcohol education and, depending on the social context, they mainly drank beer and spirits.
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اللغة: English
Relation: Nutrition in Women; https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu15132882
DOI: 10.3390/nu15132882
الاتاحة: https://doi.org/10.3390/nu15132882
Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
رقم الانضمام: edsbas.4B7AF750
قاعدة البيانات: BASE