Naslov
Dietary habits and nutritive status in students of Faculty of Kinesiology according to gender

Autori
Sorić, Maroje ; Vranešić, Darija ;

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
Proceedings book of the 4th international scientific conference on kinesiology - "Science and profession - challenge for the future" / Milanović, Dragan ; Prot, Franjo - Zagreb : Kineziološki fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, 2005, 599-602

Skup
4th international scientific conference on kinesiology

Mjesto i datum
Opatija, Hrvatska, 07.11.2005

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
dietary intake; nutrition; students; smoking

Sažetak
The purpose of this study was to assess the quality of nutrition and health related dietary habits of highly physically active student population. Two hundred and forty four (148 male and 76 female) second year students of the Faculty of Kinesiology (mean age 21 [1.35] years) were enrolled in the study. The survey was carried out in a form of specially designed self-administered questionnaire. The data show that according to BMI none of the students is obese but 15.2 % of them are overweight. However 37 % of them wanted to lose weight, more women than men (p>0, 01). Both male and female students take too much sodium, while only male have high cholesterol intake. On the other hand the intake of fiber is below DRIs for both sexes. Male students lack water, while female lack potassium and iron. Smoking prevalence among the students is 25 %. There are more smokers among women than among men, 34 % and 20 %, respectively (p<0, 05).

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Javno zdravstvo i zdravstvena zaštita

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