Evolution of the diet and physical activity of university students after the COVID-19 pandemic

López, Pedro Juan Tárraga; Marcos, Almudena Tárraga; Herencia, Julio A. Carbayo; Royo, Josefa María Panisello; Gil, José Francisco López; Marcos, Loreto Tárraga

doi:10.20960/nh.04420

Cited by 3 publications

(1 citation statement)

References 27 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…En este aspecto, la crisis sanitaria acaecida en el 2020 ocasionó que la población universitaria modificara no solo sus actividades diarias, sino también su alimentación; pues, la conducta alimenticia y los hábitos dietéticos repercuten directamente en la salud del individuo (Tárraga Marcos, 2023). En este marco, es importante que los estudiantes de educación superior tengan una dieta balanceada para evitar el desarrollo de enfermedades, como la obesidad, hipertensión, las cuales pueden llegar a afectar su desempeño académico.…”

Section: Introductionunclassified

Rcepción De Imagen Corporal E Índice De Alimentación Saludable en Universitarios en Contexto De Pandemia Por Covid-19

Quispe,

Valdivia,

Pineda

2024

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

A healthy life depends on many factors, including healthy eating, which is of great importance to people because it helps them to develop their bodies and prevent disease. During the pandemic, food consumption changed markedly among university students, affecting not only their nutritional status but also their body image, mainly due to an unbalanced diet. This change was reflected in a large part of the student population, who increased their body weight by not having a balanced diet and developed overweight and obesity. Due to this, the self-perception of each student varied, as well as being influenced by various cultural, social, individual and psychological factors, which caused them to have a positive or negative opinion depending on the case. Given this reality, it is urgent to address the issue of food, as it is necessary to make changes in the diet and promote healthy eating to ensure the health of university students and the general population. The purpose of this research was to analyse the nutritional status, the perception of body image and the healthy eating index in students of a Peruvian public university.

show abstract

Section: Introductionunclassified

Rcepción De Imagen Corporal E Índice De Alimentación Saludable en Universitarios en Contexto De Pandemia Por Covid-19

Quispe,

Valdivia,

Pineda

2024

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

Enhancing COVID-19 detection accuracy with decision tree and support vector machine learning models

Bharath,

Ramkumar

2024

AIP Conference Proceedings

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Lifestyles and academic stress among health sciences students at the National University of Chimborazo, Ecuador: a longitudinal study

Salazar-Granizo,

Hueso-Montoro,

Caparros-Gonzalez

2024

Front. Public Health

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

BackgroundThe significant changes experienced by university students in their training are inherent to educational processes. Social isolation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, online education and the reopening of higher-education institutions produced substantial variations in the lifestyle of university students in health sciences and generated academic stress and perceived stress. This study was conducted at the National University of Chimborazo (UNACH), a public institution located in Riobamba, central Ecuador, the diverse student's population provided an ideal setting for examining the interplay between academic and perceived stress, lifestyle factors, and learning modalities. The research focused on health sciences students across six academic programs. The university's geographical position and demographic characteristics offered a representative sample for investigating these factors within the context changing.AimTo compare academic and perceived stress and university students' lifestyles at two different periods: (1) during the mandatory social confinement caused by the COVID-19 pandemic with an online learning modality (T1); (2) in the post-pandemic period with a return to face-to-face activities (T2).DesignAn observational, analytical, quantitative, and longitudinal study.ParticipantsStudents from six programs (Nursing, Physiotherapy, Clinical Laboratory, Medicine, Dentistry, and Clinical Psychology) from the Faculty of Health of the National University of Chimborazo-Ecuador (n = 2,237) participated voluntarily, the students had one mean age of M = 21.31 (SD = 2.36) at T1 and M = 22.94 (SD = 2.40) at T2. Non-probability convenience sampling was employed due to the accessibility of the student population and the importance of including the maximum number of relevant individuals within the study population.MethodsThe following instruments were used: Nola Pender's Lifestyle Profile Questionnaire, Cognitive Systemic Inventory for the study of academic stress, and Cohen's Perceived Stress Scale.ResultsIn T1 and T2, students reported high levels of stress, and increased unhealthy lifestyle increased with the return to classrooms. Additionally, upon returning to face-to-face activities (T2), the mean score applied to the responses of Nola Pender's Lifestyle Profile Questionnaire decreased from M = 113.34 (SD = 23.02) to M = 107.2 (SD = 29.70; p < 0.001). There was significant difference (p < 0.001) in academic stress in T1 [M = 66.25 (SD = 15.66)] and T2 [M = 64.00 (SD = 17.91)].ConclusionsUpon returning to university classrooms (T2), the number of students who reported an “unhealthy” lifestyle increased. Academic stress was high in T1 and T2 and was reported higher in online activities during social isolation.

show abstract

Evolution of the diet and physical activity of university students after the COVID-19 pandemic

Cited by 3 publications

References 27 publications

Rcepción De Imagen Corporal E Índice De Alimentación Saludable en Universitarios en Contexto De Pandemia Por Covid-19

Rcepción De Imagen Corporal E Índice De Alimentación Saludable en Universitarios en Contexto De Pandemia Por Covid-19

Enhancing COVID-19 detection accuracy with decision tree and support vector machine learning models

Lifestyles and academic stress among health sciences students at the National University of Chimborazo, Ecuador: a longitudinal study

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About