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Dietary habits of medical students
First author: Aurelia Alexandra Tarca
Coordinators: Dr. Raluca Pop,
Asist. Univ. Dr. Remus Sipos
Introduction
Dietary evaluation is an important part of general evaluation, but it is time consuming and subjective.
24hr recall questionnaire is a recognized method for dietary assessment.
Medical students are supposed to have healthy eating habits.
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Objective
To assess and compare the eating habits of the medical students from the first and the fourth year General Medicine from UMPh Tg. Mures.
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Material and method
The type of study - cross-sectional
Target population - medical students
Sample - 91 students divided in two groups from the first (46
subjects) and fourth year (45 subjects) of General Medicine at
UMPh Tg. Mures
Method - 24hr recall questionnaire
Statistical analysis - Microsoft Office Excel, GraphPad InStat
Macronutrient composition and the count of the calories -
Foodtracker (Supertracker.usda.com)
4https://www.supertracker.usda.gov/foodtracker.aspx
Material and method
Variables analysed :
age sex environment study year body mass index waist macronutrients: protein, carbohydrate, fat, fiber empty calories recommended caloric intake number of meals location of meals physical activity frequency
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Results 1
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Fig. 1 - Sex distribution
28.6%
71.4%
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
70.0%
80.0%
90.0%
100.0%
Female Male
Results 2
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Fig. 2 - Meals locationRR=1.3, 95%CI 1.03 - 1.65, p=0.02
4030
6
15
1st year 4th year
Restaurant
Home
Results 3
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Fig. 3 - Physical activity analysis
16 20
10
26 15
4
1/week 2x/week >=3x/week
4th year
1st year
Results 4
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Fig. 4 - Association study year - physical activity
30
19
16
26
1st year 4th year
Inactive
Active
RR 1.54, 95% CI – 1.03-2.3, p=0.03
Results 5
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Fig. 5 - BMI analysis
19.56% 15.55%
69.56% 75.55%
10.86% 8.89%
1st year 4th year
Overweight
Normal
Underweight
BMI classification according World Health Organization (WHO)
Results 6
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Fig. 6 - Empty calories consumption
148
3237
1st year 4th year
Excess
Normal
p=NS
Results 7
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Fig. 7 - Daily intake (calories/day)
1501.7 1489.8
1639.8 1670.9
1st year 4th year
Daily intake
BMR
p=0.03 for girls in 1st year
Results 8
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Fig. 8 - Mean macronutrient repartition
21.83% 17.84%
51.64% 50.95%
33.32% 33.05%
1st year 4th year
Fat
Carbohydrate
Protein
p=NS
Results 9
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Fig. 9 - Balanced diet incidence
93.40%
6.60%
Bad habit
Correct
Discussions
Our results are similar to other studies in Sweden and Greece (1,2)
Medical students have similar diet habits with the general population.
Even small caloric excess can lead to increased weight.
Conclusions
Medical students tend to consume high amounts of empty calories, have an imbalanced diet and do not exercise.
The 24hr recall is a useful tool for evaluating personal diet and allows tailored recommendations.
More emphasis should be put on nutritional education among medical students.
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References
Marja Tengvall and Lars Ellegard. Dietary intake in Swedish medical students. Scandinavian Journal of Food and Nutrition 2007; 51 (2): 79-84.
Michael Chourdakis, Thrasivoulos Tzellos, Georgios Papazisis, Konstantinos Toulis, Dimitrios Kouvelas. Eating habits, health attitudes and obesity indices among medical students in northern Greece. Appetite 55 (2010) 722–725
S. Melmed, K. Polonsky, P. Larsen H. Kronenberg. Williams’s textbook of endocrinology. 12th ed. Saunders Elsevier. 2012
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