Background: The vegetarian diet continues to gain recognition and popularity among people; however, few studies have considered the level of knowledge of professional dietitians about this dietary pattern. Objective: This study aimed to compare the level of knowledge of vegetarian and nonvegetarian Peruvian dietitians regarding vegetarianism at different life stages. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out. An online questionnaire based on the recommendations of the current dietary guidelines was administered to more than 400 registered dietitians. Of which, a total of 179 decided to participate in the study: 72 vegetarians and 107 nonvegetarians. The data were analyzed using the chi-square test, considering a significance level of 5%. Results: Women represented the largest proportion of the sample. The participants demonstrated a complete and exhaustive knowledge of the definition of vegetarian diets. Regarding the risks and benefits associated with vegetarianism, the largest proportion of those who got the correct answers were vegetarians. The percentage of correct answers selected for both groups regarding the critical nutrients were less than 50%. Only 17.6% identified the correct answer regarding the risk of eating disorders of vegetarianism. Conclusions: Dietitians did not demonstrate complete and comprehensive knowledge of the critical nutrients of vegetarianism and lack information on the risks of eating disorders from the vegetarian diet.

In the face of the psychological crisis of fear caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, it is relevant to know the positive impact of hope and resilience during this context. The purpose of this study was to determine the correlation between hope and resilience with fear of COVID-19 in young people. The design was non-experimental, cross-sectional, and correlational. The sample consisted of 192 young people living in Metropolitan Lima, Peru. We used the Hope-Despair Questionnaire, the Resilience Scale, and the COVID-19 Fear Questionnaire. The results show that there is a significant correlation between hope, resilience, and fear of COVID-19 in young people. On the other hand, a significant difference was found in resilience according to gender. Likewise, it was found that the variables hope and resilience explain 81% (R2 adjusted) of the fear of COVID-19 (F test = 21.53; p < 0.01). Hope and resilience are protective factors that have a positive impact when facing the fear of COVID-19. Thus, policies, programs, and public health strategies related to positive mental health should be promoted, with emphasis on hope and resilience.

Introducción: El sobrepeso y la obesidad constituyen una de las principales preocupaciones sanitarias en los adolescentes. Tener los conocimientos suficientes, representa una opción para disminuir los riesgos. El objetivo del estudio fue evaluar la correlación entre conocimientos, actitudes y prácticas e índice de masa corporal (IMC) en adolescentes peruanos.Material y métodos: Se realizó un estudio no experimental de tipo transversal en 242 adolescentes de edades comprendidas entre 11 a 18 años. Para determinar los conocimientos, actitudes y prácticas sobre alimentación saludable, se desarrolló un cuestionario según los criterios propuestos por la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura y Alimentación (FAO, por sus siglas en inglés). Además, se calculó el índice de masa corporal para la edad (IMC/Edad) de acuerdo con las recomendaciones de la Organización Mundial de Salud (OMS). El análisis de los datos se hizo mediante el software estadístico IBM SPSS versión 24. Resultados:La proporción de mujeres que demostraron conocimientos altos, actitudes favorables y prácticas adecuadas, fue superior en relación con los varones (76,5 % vs. 75,0%), (75,5% vs. 70,7%) y 72,5% vs. 67,9%, respectivamente. Sin embargo, no hubo diferencias significativas (p>0,05). La proporción de varones que presentaron sobrepeso y obesidad fue 25,7% y 12,1%, respectivamente. Finalmente, se encontró correlación positiva estadísticamente significativa entre el IMC/Edad con los conocimiento, actitudes y prácticas acerca de alimentación saludable en los adolescentes (ρ=0,137; p=0,033), (ρ=0,160; p=0,013) y (ρ=0,133; p=0,039), respectivamente.Conclusiones: Los hallazgos sugieren que los adolescentes, especialmente los varones, deben ser el foco de programas de intervención nutricional integrados, con el propósito de disminuir la prevalencia de sobrepeso y obesidad.

Background Dietary intake constitutes a fundamental support in hospitalized patients to reduce morbimortality, risk of complications, and hospital stay. Objective We compared dietary intake, stress, anxiety, and satisfaction with the nutrition service in patients with and without COVID-19; we also analyzed the correlation between the variables mentioned. Methods A cross-sectional, comparative, and correlational study was carried out. A total of 215 patients were selected by non-probability convenience sampling (97 with COVID-19 and 118 without COVID-19). Results Patients with COVID-19 presented a higher percentage of “all the dish served” consumption (63.9%), as well as a higher percentage of “high” anxiety (18.6%) and “very high” satisfaction (28.9%) compared to their counterparts without COVID-19. The stress variable was predominantly moderate in both groups (57.7% vs 55.9%). Statistically significant and indirect correlation was found between satisfaction and stress level (rho = −0.289; p<0.01) in patients without COVID-19; similarly, between intake and stress level (rho =−.254; p<0.05) in patients with COVID-19. Both groups presented a statistically significant and direct correlation between anxiety and stress level (rho =0.432 without COVID-19, rho = 0.525 with COVID-19; p<0.01). Conclusion The findings suggest a multidisciplinary intervention, in which the improvement of mental health in the study population is contemplated and to coadunate the negative effects on the perception of the quality of care of the nutrition service and on dietary intake.