Comportamento alimentar em moradia estudantil: um espaço para promoção da saúde

Abstract

OBJECTIVE:To qualitatively describe food practices of students living in a residence hall. METHODS:A quantitative and qualitative study was carried out in a drawn sample of 100 university students living in a residence hall in the city of Campinas, Southeastern Brazil, in 2004. Students were interviewed using a questionnaire to collect 24-hour food recall information including open questions on shopping and intake practices. Criteria were established for the analysis of meal quality. The Chi-square and the exact Fisher test were used at a 5% signifi cance level. Representations based on Moscivici's theory of social representations were obtained in the interviews and analyzed.RESULTS: Assessment of 24-hour food recall: breakfast -30% of the students skipped it, 13% had full, 37% had standard and 20% had partial meal; lunch -5% skipped, 72% had full, and 23% had partial meal; dinner -1% skipped, 36% had full, and 63% had partial meal. Lunch was the best quality meal and of those who had lunch, 63% had it at the university cafeteria. Of all respondents, 48% had no fruit and 39% had no milk. Most (69%) showed an individual food behavior and 43% thought that having meals together had a positive impact on their food behavior. The experience of becoming the provider of their own food changes the students' food behaviors and representations.CONCLUSIONS: Diet quality, patterns of commensality and social representations of food provide input for developing healthy diet care and health promotion.

Factors associated with breakfasting in users of a public health service

“…The prevalence of breakfasting was similar to those found by other studies, which varied from 25.2% to 95.0% 4,[6][7][8][9]21,22 . Although skipping breakfast was unusual, it may lead to nutritional deficiencies and increase the intake of energydense foods, favoring the development of diseases 8,10,23 .…”

“…This study selected eleven foods for analysis according to the plausibility reported in the literature 4,5,8 . The consumption of some foods was 100% adequate, so they were excluded from the analysis.…”

“…Brazilians still habitually consume butter or margarine but the consumption of fruits is rare 5 . Alves & Boog 4 found that 30% of their sample did not breakfast and only 13% had a complete breakfast, that is, one with body-regulating foods such as fruits and calcium sources.…”

“…Although the frequency of breakfasting increases with age, it is the most neglected meal among adults when compared with lunch and supper 3,4 . Its nutritional composition has also been affected, being limited to pure coffee or milk and coffee, and bread.…”

Influência da formação acadêmica em Nutrição na expressão da neofobia alimentar

“…No entanto, estudos relatam que transtornos alimentares e comportamento alimentar alterado são prevalentes em grupos específicos, como atletas, estudantes universitários, especialmente da área da saúde [13][14][15][16] , e profissionais que lidam com a corporeidade, dentre eles os nutricionistas e os estudantes do curso de Nutrição 17,18 .…”