TÌNH TRẠNG DINH DƯỠNG VÀ MỘT SỐ YẾU TỐ LIÊN QUAN CỦA SINH VIÊN Y KHOA NĂM THỨ 4 VÀ THỨ 5 TẠI ĐẠI HỌC TÂY NGUYÊN

Abstract

Background: Medical students are generally considered to be well aware of healthy diets compared to those from other disciplines; however, this is not really the advantage for the former to have better nutritional practice than the latter. According to some research on students’ nutritional status, there were about 12.7 – 38.8% of students who suffered a long-term lack of energy, and 8.9 – 20.8% of students who were obese. Objective: Identify the nutritional status and related factors of medical students in 4^th and 5^th years in Tay Nguyen University. Methods: The cross-sectional study was implemented on 478 medical students in their 4^th and 5^th years in Tay Nguyen University from October 2020 to April 2021. The data were collected via a structured questionnaire and face-to-face interviews. Results: The research showed that there were 21.7% of studied students who suffered a long-term lack of energy, while the rate of overweight and obesity accounted for 7.2% and 0.4%, respectively. Conclusion: The rate CED of students in Tay Nguyen University is higher than the recommended threshold of popularity of CED in community according to World Health Organization (WHO).