@article{uninimx615,
         journal = {Mediterranean Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism},
          author = {I{\~n}aki El{\'i}o Pascual and Sandra Jarrin and Maria Elexpuru Zabaleta and Jorge Crespo-{\'A}lvarez and Irma Dominguez Azp{\'i}roz and Kilian Tutusaus and Roberto Ruiz Salces and Rub{\'e}n Calder{\'o}n Iglesias and Sandra Sumalla Cano},
          volume = {14},
          number = {2},
           title = {Adherence to the pyramid of the Mediterranean diet (2010), non-communicable diseases and lifestyle in online postgraduate Spanish students in the food area},
           pages = {191--205},
            year = {2021},
           month = {Junio},
             url = {http://repositorio.unini.edu.mx/id/eprint/615/},
        abstract = {BACKGROUND:In Spain, there are several studies published on the relationship between eating habits and lifestyle among university students; but only a few of them are focused on online postgraduate students. OBJECTIVE:Herein we aimed to evaluate the degree of adherence to the Mediterranean diet pyramid (2010 edition), non-communicable diseases (NCDs), and lifestyle in online postgraduate students aged 20?65 years belonging to the food area of the Fundaci{\'o}n Universitaria Iberoamericana (FUNIBER). METHODS:We performed a descriptive cross-sectional study including 100 online post-graduate students aged 20?65 years who were recruited by an accidental non-probabilistic sampling method consisting of a questionnaire on their sociodemographic characteristics, NCDs, lifestyle, and a 3-day food intake record (3-d). RESULTS:The profile of the students was 74\% women, with a mean age of 36.6 ({$\pm$}10.5) years and body mass index (BMI) of 22.6 kg / m2 ({$\pm$}3.3). 71\% of the volunteers presented normal weight, while 20\% were overweight. Indeed, only a low percentage of the volunteers presented hypertension (1\%), cardiovascular disease (0\%), diabetes mellitus 1 (2\%), diabetes mellitus 2 (3\%), hypercholesterolemia (9\%), and hyperuricemia (2\%). Concerning lifestyle, (77\%) of students were non-smokers, (78\%) consumed beverages with caffeine, (51\%) did not consume alcoholic beverages, and nearly all of them (84\%) frequently (3 times /week) practiced physical activity. 68\% of the recruited students exhibited adherence to ?Medium diet quality diet (4?7)? followed by (26\%) with a ?Poor diet quality ({\ensuremath{<}}3)? and ?Optimal diet quality? (6\%). CONCLUSIONS:Spanish postgraduate students of the nutritional area, have good health and a healthy lifestyle but are moving away from the MD model, should be established campaigns for the improvement of eating habits of the postgraduate university population.},
        keywords = {Mediterranean diet, university students, 3-day food intake record, dietary patterns}
}