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Increased nutrition knowledge and adherence to the Mediterranean diet are associated with lower body mass index and better self-rated general health among university students
| العنوان: | Increased nutrition knowledge and adherence to the Mediterranean diet are associated with lower body mass index and better self-rated general health among university students |
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| المؤلفون: | Fatima Zahra Elmskini, Aichetou Bouh, Asmae Labyad, Nouriya Elghoulam, Hind Iraqi, Slimane Mehdad, Aicha Madkour, Abderrahmane Moufid, Mustapha Aabi, Saber Boutayeb, Khalid Taghzouti, Hassan Aguenaou, Souad Benaich |
| المصدر: | Human Nutrition & Metabolism, Vol 35, Iss , Pp 200240- (2024) |
| بيانات النشر: | Elsevier, 2024. |
| سنة النشر: | 2024 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Nutrition. Foods and food supply LCC:Nutritional diseases. Deficiency diseases |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Body mass index, General health, Mediterranean diet, Nutrition knowledge, University students, Nutrition. Foods and food supply, TX341-641, Nutritional diseases. Deficiency diseases, RC620-627 |
| الوصف: | Background: Nutrition knowledge and adherence to the Mediterranean diet (MedDiet) have been suggested to have beneficial effects on weight status and general health. The scarcity of assessment of these effects on large samples of university students is, however, observed. Objective: To investigate the association of nutrition knowledge and adherence to the MedDiet with body mass index (BMI) and self-rated general health among university students. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study among 1776 university students aged 21.34 ± 2.47 years. Nutrition knowledge and MedDiet adherence scores were assessed using validated questionnaires. Anthropometric measurements and general health were self-reported. Results: The prevalence of overweight and obesity was 23.1% and 4.0%, respectively. Approximately 52% of students self-rated their general health as fair or poor. MedDiet adherence score was positively correlated with nutrition knowledge scores (P |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 2666-1497 |
| Relation: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666149724000021; https://doaj.org/toc/2666-1497 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.hnm.2024.200240 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/9d95753f9e914df5b8eb609bcfd939ca |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsdoj.9d95753f9e914df5b8eb609bcfd939ca |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
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| DOI: | 10.1016/j.hnm.2024.200240 |