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Landaeta-Diaz, Leslie

Murillo, Ana Gabriela

Gomez, Georgina

Duran-Aguero, Samuel

Parra-Soto, Solange Liliana

Araneda, Jacqueline

Morales, Gladys

Rios-Castillo, Israel

Carpio-Arias, Valeria

Cavagnari, Brian M.

Nava-Gonzalez, Edna J.

Bejarano-Roncancio, Jhon Jairo

Nunez-Martinez, Beatriz

Cordon-Arrivillaga, Karla

Meza-Miranda, Eliana Romina

Mauricio-Alza, Saby

Dietary Patterns and Dietary Recommendations Achievement From Latin American College Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown

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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%). 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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10.3389/fsufs.2022.836299

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dietary patterns

vegetarians

vegans

omnivorous

COVID lockdown

CORONARY-HEART-DISEASE

ULTRA-PROCESSED FOODS

NUTRITIONAL QUALITY

PHYSICAL-ACTIVITY

WESTERN DIET

VEGETARIAN

OBESITY

HEALTH

VEGAN

CONSUMPTION

Ciencia y tecnología de los alimentos

patrones dietéticos

vegetarianos

veganos

omnívoros

Bloqueo por COVID

ENFERMEDAD-CORONARIA

ALIMENTOS ULTRAPROCESADOS

CALIDAD NUTRICIONAL

ACTIVIDAD-FÍSICA

DIETA OCCIDENTAL

VEGETARIANA

OBESIDAD

SALUD

VEGAN

CONSUMO

Nutrición y Dietética

Salud Pública y Ambiental

Ciencias Sociales Interdisciplinarias

Dietary Patterns and Dietary Recommendations Achievement From Latin American College Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic Lockdown

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