title: [Dietary habits and consumption patterns in a health district].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe nutritional habits in a Health District by defining the patterns of food consumption.
  
  
  METHODS
  A descriptive, crossover study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Health District of Molina de Segura, Murcia.
  
  
  METHODS
  A community survey by interview of 1,071 people (95% confidence; accuracy to 3%), selected from the Municipal Roll by simple randomised sampling, was performed. The statistical methods were: Chi-squared and Student's tests, ANOVA, Pearson's linear correlation, factorial and discriminatory analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  17.3%, especially men, never took milk products (p < 0.0005). 12.5%, mainly young people, consumed more than 3 eggs a week (p < 0.02). 85% ate fruit daily; 70%, green and root vegetables; and 78%, olive oil. 12.6% had pulses more than 3 days a week. Only 6.5% had potatoes or pasta daily. Among men and young people there was a "bar culture", along with a "fast food" pattern.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The abandoned Mediterranean diet must be promoted. Measures should be taken to moderate young people's and men's alcohol consumption. "Fast food" and "bar culture" patterns are the most deeply rooted. The nutritional education of the chronically ill should also be emphasised.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Salud Molina de Segura, Unidad Docente de Medicina Familiar y Communitaria de Murcia.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Aroca García
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Menárguez Puche
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Luna Rodríguez
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Alcántara Muñoz
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Herranz Valera
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Canteras Jordana
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D018592:Cross-Over Studies; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D004034:Diet Surveys; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013030:Spain
vernacular_title: Hábitos alimentarios y patrones de consumo en una zona de salud.