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Dietary Patterns and Nutrient Intake in University Students of Macao: A Cross-Sectional Study

Background: Nutritional status affects the health of the public and is one of the key factors influencing social-economic development. To date, little research on the nutritional status of the Macao university student population has been conducted. Objectives: To identify and evaluate the dietary pa...

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Autores principales: Tao, Xiaoyu, Shao, Ying, Xu, Donghan, Huang, Yunzhi, Yu, Xi, Zhong, Tian, Wang, Ling, Chung, Sookja Kim, Chen, Dong, Yu, Lili, Xiao, Ying
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9460302/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36079899
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu14173642
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author Tao, Xiaoyu
Shao, Ying
Xu, Donghan
Huang, Yunzhi
Yu, Xi
Zhong, Tian
Wang, Ling
Chung, Sookja Kim
Chen, Dong
Yu, Lili
Xiao, Ying
author_facet Tao, Xiaoyu
Shao, Ying
Xu, Donghan
Huang, Yunzhi
Yu, Xi
Zhong, Tian
Wang, Ling
Chung, Sookja Kim
Chen, Dong
Yu, Lili
Xiao, Ying
author_sort Tao, Xiaoyu
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description Background: Nutritional status affects the health of the public and is one of the key factors influencing social-economic development. To date, little research on the nutritional status of the Macao university student population has been conducted. Objectives: To identify and evaluate the dietary pattern and the nutritional intake among Macao university students. Methods: The Macao students were selected by the stratified cluster random sampling method. A semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire was used to investigate food consumption. Data were analyzed through a t-test and factor analysis by using SPSS Version 24.0. Results: A total of 1230 questionnaires were distributed. From the respondents, 1067 (86.7%) were valid. In general, we identified three major dietary patterns in this population: (1) fruit and vegetable dietary pattern, characterized by abundant consumption of fruits and vegetables; (2) grain and high fat dietary pattern, characterized as high intakes of grains and animal foods; (3) high sugar dietary pattern, characterized by a large quantity of daily sugary drinks. The average daily intake of vitamin A, thiamine, calcium, and iodine were significantly lower than the Chinese Recommended Nutrient Intake (RNI) in the subjects. Conclusions: The dietary pattern of Macao students is similar to that of other Asians. Surprisingly, the daily intake of vitamin A, thiamine, calcium, and iodine by Macao university students is significantly lower than the Chinese RNI.
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spelling pubmed-94603022022-09-10 Dietary Patterns and Nutrient Intake in University Students of Macao: A Cross-Sectional Study Tao, Xiaoyu Shao, Ying Xu, Donghan Huang, Yunzhi Yu, Xi Zhong, Tian Wang, Ling Chung, Sookja Kim Chen, Dong Yu, Lili Xiao, Ying Nutrients Article Background: Nutritional status affects the health of the public and is one of the key factors influencing social-economic development. To date, little research on the nutritional status of the Macao university student population has been conducted. Objectives: To identify and evaluate the dietary pattern and the nutritional intake among Macao university students. Methods: The Macao students were selected by the stratified cluster random sampling method. A semi-quantitative food frequency questionnaire was used to investigate food consumption. Data were analyzed through a t-test and factor analysis by using SPSS Version 24.0. Results: A total of 1230 questionnaires were distributed. From the respondents, 1067 (86.7%) were valid. In general, we identified three major dietary patterns in this population: (1) fruit and vegetable dietary pattern, characterized by abundant consumption of fruits and vegetables; (2) grain and high fat dietary pattern, characterized as high intakes of grains and animal foods; (3) high sugar dietary pattern, characterized by a large quantity of daily sugary drinks. The average daily intake of vitamin A, thiamine, calcium, and iodine were significantly lower than the Chinese Recommended Nutrient Intake (RNI) in the subjects. Conclusions: The dietary pattern of Macao students is similar to that of other Asians. Surprisingly, the daily intake of vitamin A, thiamine, calcium, and iodine by Macao university students is significantly lower than the Chinese RNI. MDPI 2022-09-03 /pmc/articles/PMC9460302/ /pubmed/36079899 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu14173642 Text en © 2022 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/).
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Tao, Xiaoyu
Shao, Ying
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Huang, Yunzhi
Yu, Xi
Zhong, Tian
Wang, Ling
Chung, Sookja Kim
Chen, Dong
Yu, Lili
Xiao, Ying
Dietary Patterns and Nutrient Intake in University Students of Macao: A Cross-Sectional Study
title Dietary Patterns and Nutrient Intake in University Students of Macao: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_full Dietary Patterns and Nutrient Intake in University Students of Macao: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_fullStr Dietary Patterns and Nutrient Intake in University Students of Macao: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_full_unstemmed Dietary Patterns and Nutrient Intake in University Students of Macao: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_short Dietary Patterns and Nutrient Intake in University Students of Macao: A Cross-Sectional Study
title_sort dietary patterns and nutrient intake in university students of macao: a cross-sectional study
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9460302/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36079899
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu14173642
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