KHẨU PHẦN ĂN 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: The eating behaviors during someone’s tertiary education could tremendously influence his/her habits, lifestyle as an adult, and the risks of developing metabolic disorders later in his/her life. Medical students have to confront various difficulties in order to maintain their healthy diet and lifestyle, are regularly exposed to unhygienic foods such as street foods or those from canteens; besides, they are also likely to consume fast-food that is high in saturated fat, eat very small amount of fruits and vegetables, and skip meals. Objective: Identify food portions and some related factors of medical students in their 4^th and 5^th years in Tay Nguyen University. Methods: The cross-sectional study was implemented on 192 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 general energy value of students in this study was 1812.1 ± 355.8 Kcal, in which 2138.4 ± 402.3 Kcal was the value of male students, much higher than that of female counterparts (1687.7 ± 240.4) with p < 0.05. The proportion of minerals and vitamins in male students’ portions was also higher than that of female ones, but the opposite was true for zinc and vitamin C. Conclusions: The energy in food portions of students studied was lower than the recommended requirement from the Ministry of Health in 2016 and was unbalanced, with the proportion of protein (16.9%) meeting the requirement, and lipid (30.0%) being higher than the recommended one. Meanwhile, the percentage of glucid was lower than the recommended level (55-65%).