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Identification of Body Composition, Dietary Patterns and Its Associated Factors in Medical University Students in China.
Ecology of Food and Nutrition ( IF 1.8 ) Pub Date : 2019-09-09 , DOI: 10.1080/03670244.2019.1663350
Ijaz Ul Haq 1 , Zahula Mariyam 1 , Falak Zeb 1 , Pan Jiang 1 , Xiaoyue Wu 1 , Jahan Shah 2 , Chuyue Xu 1 , Ming Zhou 1 , Qing Feng 1 , Min Li 3
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This study aimed to measure the body composition, dietary patterns and its associated factors in medical students. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 695 students studying at Nanjing medical university, China. Data regarding dietary intake factors was collected by a validated food frequency questionnaire. Principle component analysis and multivariate linear regressions were used. Body composition including BMI and visceral fats index of the males were significantly higher (P < .05) than females. While body fats percentage and fats mass index/free fat mass index (FMI/FFMI) ratio of females was significantly higher (P < .05) than males. Three dietary patterns were identified: western dietary pattern, meat pattern, and vegetables and fruits pattern. The western pattern was having an independent negative association (P < .05) with age and financial status, while positive association (P < .05) with sleeping duration and FMI/FFMI ratio. Vegetables and fruits patterns was having positive association with physical exercise and while negative association with FMI/FFMI ratio. Meat pattern was having positive association with educational levels and sleeping duration, while negative association with physical exercise and FMI/FFMI ratio. In conclusion, medical students adopted less healthy dietary patterns as compared to healthy dietary patterns, which were found to be more associated with some adverse dietary and lifestyle behavior outcomes.
更新日期:2019-11-01
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