Obesity-Related Dietary Patterns and Health Status of Diabetes Among At-Risk Latino College Students

Santos, Silvia J.; Hurtado-Ortiz, Maria T.; Armendariz, Marina; vanTwist, Victoria; Castillo, Yessenia

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“…In the current study, high consumption of foods high in saturated fats is associated with excess body weight. These results are in line with the findings of a study in university students in which the consumption of high-fat foods was associated with a poorer health status according to BMI scores ( 48 ). In addition, it is important to mention that the type of fat influences obesity.…”

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Intake of foods high in saturated fats, vegetarian dietary pattern, and sociodemographic characteristics associated with body weight in Peruvian university students

Saintila,

Ruiz Mamani,

Ramos-Vera

et al. 2024

Front. Nutr.

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BackgroundThe prevalence of obesity continues to increase among university students and the general population. Consumption of a diet high in saturated fats could be one of the risk factors.ObjectiveThe consumption of foods high in saturated fats, the vegetarian diet pattern, and sociodemographic characteristics associated with excess body weight (overweight/obesity) were evaluated in Peruvian university students.MethodsA cross-sectional study was carried out selecting 5,608 Peruvian university students through no probabilistic convenience sampling. The survey was carried out during the months of February and April 2022. The Chi-square test and binary logistic regression analysis were used to evaluate the association between diet (saturated fats intake and dietary pattern) and sociodemographic factors with excess body weight in a cross-sectional analysis.ResultsIt was observed that students who reported high consumption of foods high in saturated fats (ORB = 1.14) and those who had a non-vegetarian dietary pattern (ORB = 2.76) were found to be more likely to have excess body weight. On the contrary, students who reported adherence to the vegetarian diet pattern for more than 5 years were less likely to be overweight or obese (ORB = 0.84). Being ≥26 years of age (ORB = 3.28), living in urban areas (ORB = 1.68) and coastal areas of the country (ORB = 1.17), and enrolled in the engineering faculty (ORB = 1.19), were significantly associated with excess body weight.ConclusionThe findings of the current study evidenced several factors associated with excess body weight in university students. Therefore, it is necessary to promote and implement healthy lifestyle programs, considering sociodemographic and dietary aspects such as age and dietary intake to control and prevent obesity in university students.

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Section: Influence Of Saturated Fats Intakesupporting

confidence: 91%

Intake of foods high in saturated fats, vegetarian dietary pattern, and sociodemographic characteristics associated with body weight in Peruvian university students

Saintila,

Ruiz Mamani,

Ramos-Vera

et al. 2024

Front. Nutr.

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“…In particular, college aged students face an important challenge: with increased independence, limited budget and spare time, healthful food choices are hard to make (Sogari et al, 2018;Sprake et al, 2018). College environment and lifestyle in Latin America include late snacking, skipping meals, fast food and alcohol intake during social events which explain why it has been repeatedly shown that there is an important weight gain during the first year of college, and this weight (which includes a fat percentage increase) is maintained throughout the whole university period (Huang et al, 2003;Lacaille et al, 2011;Santos et al, 2017). In fact, epidemiological studies have shown that the greatest weight and fat mass gain happen between 18 and 29 years of age, which include college years (Santos et al, 2017).…”

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Dietary Patterns and Dietary Recommendations Achievement From Latin American College Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown

Murillo

Gómez

Durán-Agüero

et al. 2022

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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This study aimed to compare the diet quality of different dietary patterns among college students from Latin American countries, including vegetarians, vegans, and omnivores during the COVID-19 pandemic. A cross-sectional, observational, multicenter study was conducted including a non- probabilistic sample of university students from 10 countries. University students were invited to participate in the study through social network platforms. Participants were self-reported to have followed a specific dietary pattern; either the Prudent diet, Western diet, Ovo-dairy-vegetarian diet, Fish-vegetarian diet, Strict vegetarian diet (vegan) or other. The last three patterns (vegetarians and vegans) were grouped as following a plant-based diet. A self-assessment survey was used to evaluate healthy eating habits using a questionnaire with values between 1 (do not consume) and 5 (consume) for a total of 9–45 points (higher values represent better eating habits). Unhealthy habits were assessed with nine questions. A total of 4,809 students filled out the questionnaire, and the majority of them were females (73.7%). A high percentage have been in lockdown for more than 5 months and were in lockdown when the survey was released. 74.3% were self-reported to follow a prudent diet, while 11.4% reported following a western dietary pattern and 8.8% a plant-based diet. When compliance with healthy and unhealthy dietary habits was analyzed, although all groups had low compliance, the plant-based diet group (56.09 ± 6.11) performed better than the Western diet group (48.03 ± 5.99). The total diet quality score was significantly higher for plant-based diet followers, who also tended to better achieve the recommendations than omnivorous students, especially the ones following a western diet. These results present evidence that young adults such as college-aged students have unhealthy dietary habits. However, the ones who follow a plant-based diet such as vegetarians and vegans exhibit better scores and healthier dietary conducts.

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“…Los alimentos que destacan por su asociación con ecnt cuando se consumen en exceso son las carnes rojas, las carnes procesadas y los huevos, ya que se ha visto que quienes los consumen de manera habitual incrementan en un 200% el riesgo de hipertensión que quienes no los consumen (Schwingshackl et al, 2017a). Estos alimentos mostraron resultados similares en la asociación con el desarrollo de diabetes (Schwingshackl et al, 2017b) y obesidad; en este último padecimiento se incluyen también los alimentos realizados con cereales refinados (Schlesinger et al, 2019), los cuales en el contexto latinoamericano se encuentran presentes en la dieta a través de pan blanco, tortillas, harinas con las que se elaboran galletas y pasteles, papas fritas industriales, entre otros (Santos et al, 2017).…”

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La actividad física para la salud y la prevención de enfermedades crónicas no transmisibles

Riveros¹,

Núñez²,

Millán³

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La inactividad física genera múltiples trastornos y alteraciones en la salud que derivan en importantes enfermedades que causan discapacidad y muerte. Algunos de los efectos de la inactividad física son la disminución de fuerza muscular, degeneraciones leves a moderadas de los huesos, artritis, aumento de triglicéridos y colesterol, sobrepeso, obesidad, cardiopatías, diabetes e hipertensión. Una práctica frecuente de actividad física moderada regulariza el metabolismo, ayuda a disminuir el riesgo de hipertensión, cáncer, diabetes, fracturas y caídas, por lo que resulta sumamente importante desarrollar estrategias que permitan a cada sujeto realizarla de manera regular. El objetivo del presente libro es reflexionar sobre la importancia de la actividad física para una vida sana en cumplimiento Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible. La actividad física influye positivamente en la salud, y debe ser identificada como un componente esencial de un estilo de vida saludable que previene, trata e incluso revierte enfermedades crónicas no transmisibles. El libro se organiza en una introducción y seis capítulos. El capítulo I aborda la actividad física para una vida sana en cumplimiento de los Objetivos del Desarrollo Sostenible; el capítulo II trata de la anatomía y fisiología en obesidad, hipertensión y diabetes; el capítulo III desarrolla la prescripción del ejercicio físico en personas con obesidad, diabetes e hipertensión; el capítulo IV establece pautas importantes de alimentación para personas con enfermedades crónicas no transmisibles que iniciarán un programa de ejercicio físico, y el capítulo V muestras las diversas actividades de administración, organización y promoción de actividad física y deporte para la salud.

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Obesity-Related Dietary Patterns and Health Status of Diabetes Among At-Risk Latino College Students

Cited by 9 publications

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Intake of foods high in saturated fats, vegetarian dietary pattern, and sociodemographic characteristics associated with body weight in Peruvian university students

Intake of foods high in saturated fats, vegetarian dietary pattern, and sociodemographic characteristics associated with body weight in Peruvian university students

Dietary Patterns and Dietary Recommendations Achievement From Latin American College Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown

La actividad física para la salud y la prevención de enfermedades crónicas no transmisibles

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