Trends in fruits and vegetables consumption by academic undergraduate nutrition students of a public university in 1999, 2004 and 2009
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https://doi.org/10.12957/demetra.2020.42782Keywords:
Food Consumption. Food.Fruit. Vegetables. Students.Abstract
Objective: To evaluate fruits and vegetables consumption by undergraduate Nutrition students of a public university, over the years. Methods: It is a cross-sectional study with 161 academic students. Data were collected through food records of two weekdays and one weekend day, from the years of 1999, 2004 and 2009. Fruits and vegetables consumption were evaluated in terms of weight. Results: There was significantly less vegetables consumption on weekends (30g; 35g; 44g) when compared to weekdays (49g; 49g; 75g) in all years, but there was no significant difference in fruits and vegetables consumption and in the consumption of the 3 days of registration over time. The prevalence of inadequacy was high in all years, ranging from 66% to 81.5%. The percentage of fruit mean consumption on weekdays (78.5%; 76.8%; 73.1%) was more than twice that of vegetables (21.5%; 23.2%; 26.8% ) in 1999, 2004 and 2009, as well as on weekends (82.9%; 79.4%; 81.5%) (17.1%; 20.6%; 18.5%), respectively. Conclusion: It is necessary to implement dietary intervention to increase fruits and vegetables consumption of university students.
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