title: Nutritional status of white college students in Virginia.
abstract: The nutritional status of the fifty men, fifty-three women, and forty-seven women taking oral contraceptives--all white--between the ages of seventeen and twenty-two years--as reflected by height-weight measurements, hemoglobin-hematocrit values, and dietary records, was similar or slightly better than reported by other investigators. Low hemoglobin values were observed in 2 to 4 per cent of these students, and low hematocrits, in 8 to 17 per cent. Similar hemoglobin and hematocrit values were observed in all women, regardless of whether they were taking oral contraceptives. Exercise patterns; use of vitamin-mineral supplements, "pot," alcoholic beverages, special diets; whether subjects ate alone; where subjects ate; snacking; number of meals consumed daily; whether subjects had ever been diagnosed as being anemic; and what subjects thought of their food habits did not affect hemoglobin or hematocrit. Iron intakes of many of the women students were below the allowance.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003276:Contraceptives, Oral / Q000494:pharmacology; D004044:Dietary Proteins; D002149:Energy Intake; D005260:Female; D006400:Hematocrit; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D012737:Sex Factors; D013334:Students; D014768:Virginia; D014815:Vitamins; D044465:White People
chemical_list: D003276:Contraceptives, Oral; D004044:Dietary Proteins; D006454:Hemoglobins; D014815:Vitamins