Physical activity, eating habits and tobacco and alcohol use in students of a Catalan university

Abstract

Introduction: University populations are considered as vulnerable groups when it comes to acquiring health habits.Objective: The aim of this study is to know the levels of physical activity and health habits of the students of the University of Lleida.Methods: Healthy habits and the practice of physical activity in university students were evaluated through the Global Physical Activity Questionnaire (GPAQ).Results: 600 students from the University of Lleida participated during the period 2014-2015. 30.7% of them smoked, while 96.7% reported alcohol consupmtion, and 75.5% practiced physical activity. More than 62% of male students practiced physical activity between 3 and 7 days a week compared to 33.5% of women (p=0.000). More than 30% of the students ingested fruit every day and 65% did so at least 4 days a week. 19.4% of women and 7.9% of men consumed fruit daily, finding significant differences (p=0.001).Conclusions: 30% of the participant did not meet the minimum recommendations of physical activity. A high percentage of participants have a low fruits and vegetables consumption and a high prevalence of risk of alcohol consumption. An educational intervention by universities is suggested to encourage the practice of healthy habits in students.

Adherence to Mediterranean Diet, Alcohol Consumption and Emotional Eating in Spanish University Students

“…In the university population, overweight prevalence ranges from 16% to 32%, and obesity from 4% to 20% [2][3][4]. Unhealthy habits are a common practice among university students during the university period, such as decreased/or low physical activity, high junk food consumption, evening snacking, high levels of perceived stress, increased workload, dietary restraint, living in residence halls and alcohol consumption [5][6][7]. The transition to university is a critical period for young adults.…”

A influência dos pares no consumo de Substâncias Psicoativas entre estudantes universitários/as

“…Os resultados do presente estudo mostraram que 1 em cada 5 estudantes universitários/as era fumador/a, embora a prevalência de tabagismo nesta universidade seja menor do que a identificada noutros estudos nacionais e internacionais realizados recentemente com estudantes universitários/as (Hernández-González et al, 2018;Milošević Georgiev et al, 2019). A prevalência do consumo de substâncias psicoativas aumentou com a permanência no Ensino Superior, o que corrobora a literatura científica (Allen et al, 2017;Pinchevsky et al, 2012), embora estes consumos tendam a diminuir após a conclusão dos estudos (Allen et al, 2017).…”

“…A prevalência de estudantes universitários/as fumadores/as tem aumentado nos últimos anos e corresponde a cerca de um quatro dos/as estudantes quer a nível nacional (Alves et al, 2020) quer internacional (Hernández-González et al, 2018;Milošević Georgiev et al, 2019). O álcool é das substâncias psicoativas com maior prevalência no Ensino Superior, visto que diversos estudos apontam que mais de 80% dos/as estudantes universitários/as consomem bebidas alcoólicas (Alves et al, 2021a;Amare & Getinet, 2019), sendo esse consumo superior nos/as universitários/as em comparação com jovens adultos/as que não frequentam a universidade (Byrd, 2016) e aumentando com a permanência na universidade (Davoren et al, 2016).…”

Diferencia de los niveles de actividad física, sedentarismo y hábitos alimentarios entre universitarios de diferentes programas de la salud de una universidad privada en Bogotá, Colombia

“…Estos patrones de alimentación y actividad física coinciden con el patrón reportado en todos los programas de pregrado de la misma universidad 12 y con lo descrito en estudiantes de Colombia 24,25 , Chile 26 y España 27 . Esta semejanza permitiría suponer que pertenecer a un programa de la salud en los primeros dos años de formación no necesariamente indica mejores hábitos alimentarios y niveles de actividad física respecto a los demás tipos de carrera, aunque también puede deberse a la "paradoja comportamental", que indica que los comportamientos y prácticas no corresponden necesariamente con el conocimiento, junto al hecho de los cambios comportamentales durante el transcurso de la vida universitaria 28 .…”