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Dietary Patterns and Dietary Recommendations Achievement From Latin American College Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown
(Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-07-14) Murillo, Ana Gabriela; Gómez, Georgina; Durán-Agüero, Samuel; Parra-Soto, Solange Liliana; Araneda, Jacqueline; Morales, Gladys; Ríos-Castillo, Israel; Carpio-Arias, Valeria; Cavagnari, Brian; Nava-Gonzalez, Edna J.; Bejarano-Roncancio, Jhon Jairo; Cordón-Arrivillaga, Karla; Meza-Miranda, Eliana Romina; Mauricio-Alza, Saby; Landaeta-Díaz, Leslie
This study aimed to compare the diet quality of different dietary patterns among college students from Latin American countries, including vegetarians, vegans, and omnivores during the COVID-19 pandemic. A cross-sectional, observational, multicenter study was conducted including a non- probabilistic sample of university students from 10 countries. University students were invited to participate in the study through social network platforms. Participants were self-reported to have followed a specific dietary pattern; either the Prudent diet, Western diet, Ovo-dairy-vegetarian diet, Fish-vegetarian diet, Strict vegetarian diet (vegan) or other. The last three patterns (vegetarians and vegans) were grouped as following a plant-based diet. A self-assessment survey was used to evaluate healthy eating habits using a questionnaire with values between 1 (do not consume) and 5 (consume) for a total of 9–45 points (higher values represent better eating habits). Unhealthy habits were assessed with nine questions. A total of 4,809 students filled out the questionnaire, and the majority of them were females (73.7%). Murillo et al. College Dietary Patterns During COVID-19 A high percentage have been in lockdown for more than 5 months and were in lockdown when the survey was released. 74.3% were self-reported to follow a prudent diet, while 11.4% reported following a western dietary pattern and 8.8% a plant-based diet. When compliance with healthy and unhealthy dietary habits was analyzed, although all groups had low compliance, the plant-based diet group (56.09 ± 6.11) performed better than the Western diet group (48.03 ± 5.99). The total diet quality score was significantly higher for plant-based diet followers, who also tended to better achieve the recommendations than omnivorous students, especially the ones following a western diet. These results present evidence that young adults such as college-aged students have unhealthy dietary habits. However, the ones who follow a plant-based diet such as vegetarians and vegans exhibit better scores and healthier dietary conducts.
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Psychological factors of diet quality among rural populations of Latin America during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study
(James Cook University, 2022-03-09) Durán-Agüero, Samuel; Vinueza-Veloz, María Fernanda; González-Medina, Gabriel; Carpio-Arias, Valeria; Ríos-Castillo, Israel; Cavagnari, Brian M; Nava-González, Edna J; Camacho-López, Saby; Cordón-Arrivillaga, Karla; Núñez-Martínez, Beatriz; Meza-Miranda, Eliana Romina; Ortíz, Alfonsina; Pérez-Armijo, Patricio; Bejarano-Roncancio, John Jairo; Ivankovich-Guillén, Sonia; Mauricio-Alza, Saby; Landaeta-Díaz, Leslie
“Introduction: This study aimed to determine the relationship between symptoms of anxiety and/or anhedonia (inability to feel pleasure) and diet quality during confinement due to COVID-19 in rural populations in Latin America. Methods: This was a multicentric, cross-sectional study. An online survey was applied, which included the Beck Anxiety Inventory, Snaith-Hamilton Pleasure Scale for assessing the presence of anhedonia, the Food Intake Questionnaire and sociodemographic questions. Results: The study included 10 552 people from 11 countries; 708 participants were living in rural areas. More than half of the participants were quarantined at the time of the survey. Diet quality was inversely associated with anhedonia (p<0.001) and anxiety (p=0.003). In addition, a healthier diet was associated with being female (p=0.030), having a higher level of education (p=0.008) and country of residence (p=0.001). Conclusion: Among the rural population during the COVID pandemic, this study found a worse diet quality was associated with symptoms of anhedonia and anxiety, as well as lower level of education and being male. Proposals to improve the quality of the diet could include interventions aimed at people's mental health.“
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Psychological factors of diet quality among rural populations of Latin America during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study
(James Cook University, 2022-03-09) Durán-Agüero, Samuel; Vinueza-Veloz, María Fernanda; González-Medina, Gabriel; Carpio-Arias, Valeria; Ríos-Castillo, Israel; Cavagnari, Brian M; Nava-González, Edna J; Camacho-López, Saby; Cordón-Arrivillaga, Karla; Núñez-Martínez, Beatriz; Meza-Miranda, Eliana Romina; Ortíz, Alfonsina; Pérez-Armijo, Patricio; Bejarano-Roncancio, John Jairo; Ivankovich-Guillén, Sonia; Mauricio-Alza, Saby; Landaeta-Díaz, Leslie
“Introduction: This study aimed to determine the relationship between symptoms of anxiety and/or anhedonia (inability to feel pleasure) and diet quality during confinement due to COVID-19 in rural populations in Latin America. Methods: This was a multicentric, cross-sectional study. An online survey was applied, which included the Beck Anxiety Inventory, Snaith-Hamilton Pleasure Scale for assessing the presence of anhedonia, the Food Intake Questionnaire and sociodemographic questions. Results: The study included 10 552 people from 11 countries; 708 participants were living in rural areas. More than half of the participants were quarantined at the time of the survey. Diet quality was inversely associated with anhedonia (p<0.001) and anxiety (p=0.003). In addition, a healthier diet was associated with being female (p=0.030), having a higher level of education (p=0.008) and country of residence (p=0.001). Conclusion: Among the rural population during the COVID pandemic, this study found a worse diet quality was associated with symptoms of anhedonia and anxiety, as well as lower level of education and being male. Proposals to improve the quality of the diet could include interventions aimed at people's mental health.“