在贝鲁特的大学生中,低于最佳的饮食知识预测了更低的饮食质量用于预防癌症
Jana Jabbour1, Rodeina Dandache1, Maryam Al Slaybe1
1Department of Nutrition and Food Science, School of Arts and Sciences, Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon.
PloS one
|January 3, 2025
概括
黎巴嫩的大学生表现出低于最佳的饮食知识和遵守癌症预防指南. 虽然增加知识和体力活动与更好的饮食质量相关,但这种联系很弱,表明需要有针对性的健康干预措施.
科学领域:
- 营养科学 营养科学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 预防癌症 预防癌症
背景情况:
- 大学学生是塑造长期癌症风险因素的关键.
- 黎巴嫩面临着相当大的癌症负担,但学生的饮食行为没有得到充分的研究.
- 了解饮食习惯对于早期干预这一群体至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 在黎巴嫩贝鲁特大学的大学生中评估饮食知识和遵守癌症预防指南.
- 调查饮食知识,饮食质量 (替代健康饮食指数) 和身体活动之间的关系.
- 确定饮食质量的预测因素,并探索与学术专业的互动.
主要方法:
- 一项涉及300名大学生 (平均年龄20岁) 的横截面研究.
- 通过问卷评估饮食知识;参与者被分类为知识 (Kn+) 或知识较少 (Kn-).
- 通过修改的地中海主要屏幕使用替代健康饮食指数 (AHEI) 测量饮食质量.
主要成果:
- 平均知识分数为49.5%,表明理解程度不足.
- 知识小组 (Kn+) 摄入更多的蔬菜,少吃肉类/甜饮料.
- 增加的知识 (B=0.78) 和高的体力活动 (B=4.62) 正面预测了AHEI得分.
- 观察到知识和与健康相关的专业之间存在积极的相互作用.
结论:
- 黎巴嫩的大学生表现出不充分的饮食知识和对癌症预防策略的坚持.
- 虽然更高的知识和体育活动与更好的饮食质量有关,但这种关联是温和的.
- 对食品系统和有效干预措施的进一步研究是必要的,以改善学生的健康行为.
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