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Healthy Eating in the Spanish University Community: A Case Study
The Mediterranean Diet (MedD), which UNESCO recognizes as an Intangible Cultural Heritage, constitutes a healthy eating pattern that helps prevent illness. The aim of this work is to know how well the university community of Almeria (Spain) adheres to MedD as a healthy lifestyle standard. For this p...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10181155/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37432219 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu15092053 |
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author | Arjona Garrido, Ángeles Monserrat Hernández, Montserrat Checa Olmos, Juan Carlos |
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description | The Mediterranean Diet (MedD), which UNESCO recognizes as an Intangible Cultural Heritage, constitutes a healthy eating pattern that helps prevent illness. The aim of this work is to know how well the university community of Almeria (Spain) adheres to MedD as a healthy lifestyle standard. For this purpose, the authors administered a survey to students, teachers, and administrative and service personnel at the University of Almeria. The sample for the survey comprised 610 people. Of whom, 64.7% were women; 23% were Teaching, and Research Staff (PDI); 17.3% were Administration and Services Staff (PAS); and 59.7% were students. The average age was 32 years. Results show an average level of MedD adherence overall in the university community, although 40.9% have a low adherence level. The most representative MedD adherent can be profiled as a young Spanish female, who values sustainability, reads the labels of the products she consumes, exercises regularly, cooks healthy food, and recycles waste. We suggest [to the University authorities] to advertise the benefits of the Mediterranean Diet among the university community and offer menus based on the MedD in the university canteen. |
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spelling | pubmed-101811552023-05-13 Healthy Eating in the Spanish University Community: A Case Study Arjona Garrido, Ángeles Monserrat Hernández, Montserrat Checa Olmos, Juan Carlos Nutrients Article The Mediterranean Diet (MedD), which UNESCO recognizes as an Intangible Cultural Heritage, constitutes a healthy eating pattern that helps prevent illness. The aim of this work is to know how well the university community of Almeria (Spain) adheres to MedD as a healthy lifestyle standard. For this purpose, the authors administered a survey to students, teachers, and administrative and service personnel at the University of Almeria. The sample for the survey comprised 610 people. Of whom, 64.7% were women; 23% were Teaching, and Research Staff (PDI); 17.3% were Administration and Services Staff (PAS); and 59.7% were students. The average age was 32 years. Results show an average level of MedD adherence overall in the university community, although 40.9% have a low adherence level. The most representative MedD adherent can be profiled as a young Spanish female, who values sustainability, reads the labels of the products she consumes, exercises regularly, cooks healthy food, and recycles waste. We suggest [to the University authorities] to advertise the benefits of the Mediterranean Diet among the university community and offer menus based on the MedD in the university canteen. MDPI 2023-04-24 /pmc/articles/PMC10181155/ /pubmed/37432219 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu15092053 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Arjona Garrido, Ángeles Monserrat Hernández, Montserrat Checa Olmos, Juan Carlos Healthy Eating in the Spanish University Community: A Case Study |
title | Healthy Eating in the Spanish University Community: A Case Study |
title_full | Healthy Eating in the Spanish University Community: A Case Study |
title_fullStr | Healthy Eating in the Spanish University Community: A Case Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Healthy Eating in the Spanish University Community: A Case Study |
title_short | Healthy Eating in the Spanish University Community: A Case Study |
title_sort | healthy eating in the spanish university community: a case study |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10181155/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37432219 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu15092053 |
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