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Date Published: 09/09/2023
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.51298/vmj.v529i2.6472
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Vol. 529 No. 2 (2023)
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Các bài báo
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Ngô, M. U., & Phạm, T. L. A. (2023). DIETARY INTAKE & NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF PUBLIC HEALTH STUDENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY AT HO CHI MINH CITY IN 2022. Vietnam Medical Journal, 529(2). https://doi.org/10.51298/vmj.v529i2.6472

DIETARY INTAKE & NUTRITIONAL STATUS OF PUBLIC HEALTH STUDENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY AT HO CHI MINH CITY IN 2022

Mai Uyên Ngô1,, Thị Lan Anh Phạm1
1 University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City

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Background: Eating habits and nutritional status are often formed in young years and maintained throughout adulthood. College students begin to take responsibility for their own diets, so it’s necessary to assess and adjust to students' diets and nutritional status. Objective: To identify energy, nutrients, ratio of nutrients in the diet daily day and nutritional status, and the relationship between nutrients intake and nutritional status. Subjects and research methods: Using a cross-sectional study. Personal interViews with food frequency questionnaires (FFQs) in the past 1 month and classifying nutritional status according to body mass index (BMI) standards of The World Health Organization oVer 278 Public Health students of UniVersity of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City in 2021-2022. The results were analyzed using STATA 16 software. Results: The amount of energy, lipid, glucide, fiber and Vitamin A in the college student's diet is lower than the recommended nutritional requirements. The amount of protein, the ratio of animal lipid is higher than recommended. The ratio of protein:lipid:glucide and the ratio of animal protein are at the recommended leVel. Iron intake in female students does not meet recommended needs. The percentage of underweight students is 14.4% and oVerweight-obese is 19.1%. Men haVe higher rates of oVerweight-obesity and lower underweight than women. No association was found between dietary intake and nutritional status. Conclusion: Subjects should decrease animal-based foods and increase plant-based foods; increase time playing sports, exercise. Nutrition education should be promoted.

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dietary intake, nutritional status, FFQ, BMI, College Students.

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