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Perspectivas en Nutrición Humana

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Abstract

CERVANTES-RODRIGUEZ, Margarita et al. Healthy Lifestyles in Nutrition Students: Reality and Perception. Perspect Nut Hum [online]. 2020, vol.22, n.1, pp.61-69.  Epub Oct 07, 2021. ISSN 0124-4108.  https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.penh.v22n1a05.

Background:

University majors that focus on health should promote healthy lifestyles.

Objective:

Identify the relationship between actual lifestyles, perceptions of healthy lifestyles, and perceptions surrounding being a Nutrition major in the Autonomous University of Tlaxcala.

Materials and Methods:

Cross-sectional and cor relational study. 145 students, both male and female, were evaluated with the application of three tools simul taneously. Data were reported as medians and were compared using the Mann-Whitney U test. Correlation tests were performed between the three variables using Pearson’s r.

Results:

Lifestyles of students varied by male vs. female (p=0.002). Healthy lifestyle perceptions (p = 0.123) and students’ perception of their discipline (p = 0.775) were similar for both genders. It can be highlighted that lifestyle was positively correlated with the perception of it (r = 0.35; p = 0.002). Lifestyle perception was correlated with the perception of their major of study (nutrition) (r = 0.202; p = 0.015), but no correlation was found between lifestyle and discipline perception (r=0.08; p=0.34).

Conclusions:

The higher the profile of a satisfying lifestyle, the higher the perception of a healthy lifestyle.

Keywords : Statistics; onparametric; healthy diet; young adult; perception; healthy lifestyle.

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