Factors Associated with Meat Consumption in Students of Spanish Universities: UniHcos Project

Rocío Ortiz-Moncada, María Morales-Suárez-Varela, Ángeles Avecilla-Benítez, Aurora Norte Navarro, Rocío Olmedo-Requena, Carmen Amezcua-Prieto, José M. Cancela, Gemma Blázquez Abellán, Ramona Mateos-Campos, Luis Félix Valero Juan, Susana Redondo Martín, Jéssica Alonso-Molero, Antonio José Molina de la Torre, Agustín Llopis-Morales, Isabel Peraita-Costa, Tania Fernández-Villa and Grupo de Investigación UniHcos
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Rocío Ortiz-Moncada: Area of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Department of Community Nursing, Preventive Medicine and Public Health and History of Science, Food and Nutrition Research Group, Universidad de Alicante, Carretera de San Vicente del Raspeig s/n, 03690 San Vicente del Raspeig, Alicante, Spain
María Morales-Suárez-Varela: Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology & Public Health (CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública-CIBERESP), 28029 Madrid, Spain
Ángeles Avecilla-Benítez: Area of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Department of Community Nursing, Preventive Medicine and Public Health and History of Science, Food and Nutrition Research Group, Universidad de Alicante, Carretera de San Vicente del Raspeig s/n, 03690 San Vicente del Raspeig, Alicante, Spain
Aurora Norte Navarro: Nursing Department, School of Health Sciences, Universidad de Alicante, Carretera de San Vicente del Raspeig, s/n, 03690 San Vicente del Raspeig, Alicante, Spain
Rocío Olmedo-Requena: Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology & Public Health (CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública-CIBERESP), 28029 Madrid, Spain
Carmen Amezcua-Prieto: Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology & Public Health (CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública-CIBERESP), 28029 Madrid, Spain
José M. Cancela: School of Education and Sports Sciences, HealthyFit Research Group, Universidad de Vigo, 36005 Pontevedra, Spain
Gemma Blázquez Abellán: Area of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Department of Medical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, 02071 Albacete, Spain
Ramona Mateos-Campos: Area of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Department of Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences, Universidad de Salamanca, 37007 Salamanca, Spain
Luis Félix Valero Juan: Area of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Department of Biomedical and Diagnostic Sciences, Universidad de Salamanca, 37007 Salamanca, Spain
Susana Redondo Martín: Department of Pathological Anatomy, Microbiology and Preventive Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine, Universidad de Valladolid, 47005 Valladolid, Spain
Jéssica Alonso-Molero: School of Medicine, Universidad de Cantabria, 39005 Santander, Spain
Antonio José Molina de la Torre: Department of Biomedical Sciences, Area of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Universidad de León, 24071 León, Spain
Agustín Llopis-Morales: Area of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Food Sciences, Toxicology and Legal Medicine, School of Pharmacy, Universitat de Valencia, 46100 Valencia, Spain
Isabel Peraita-Costa: Consortium for Biomedical Research in Epidemiology & Public Health (CIBER Epidemiología y Salud Pública-CIBERESP), 28029 Madrid, Spain
Tania Fernández-Villa: Department of Biomedical Sciences, Area of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Universidad de León, 24071 León, Spain
Grupo de Investigación UniHcos: Membership of the Grupo de Investigación UniHcos is provided in the Acknowledgements.

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 16, issue 20, 1-16

Abstract: The level of meat consumption is one of the main deviations from the Mediterranean diet pattern in Spanish university students. The objective of this cross-sectional descriptive study is to analyze the association between sociodemographic factors and the consumption of fresh and processed meat in Spanish university students. This study is part of a cohort of 11 Spanish universities with 9862 university students (UniHcos Project). A descriptive analysis and a chi2 test were carried out to assess differences between personal and sociodemographic variables and meat consumption, and binary logistic regression analysis to assess factors associated with consumption; 19.9% and 73.5% met the recommendations for meat-fresh and meat-processed consumption, respectively. Only 3.8% of students meet the recommendations for both fresh and processed meat. Statistically significant differences were found between sex, BMI, employment, housing, and coexistence regarding compliance with recommendations. Female employed students living in rental accommodations with a partner are more likely to meet the recommendations for fresh meats while male, normal weight, employed students living in rental accommodations with a partner are more likely to meet the recommendations for processed meats. There is a lack of compliance with the recommendations for consumption of fresh meat in Spanish university students, differences in compliance among students of differing regions and an association with sex, employment, housing, and coexistence regarding compliance.

Keywords: students; surveys and questionnaires; meat; Mediterranean diet; cross-sectional study (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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