title: [Qualitative evaluation of the students diet with normal body mass and overweight at the Medical University in Bialystok].
abstract: The aim of the study was the qualitative evaluation of the diets of students of the Medical University of Białystok with normal body mass compared with the menu of those with overweight and obesity. The study performed in the autumn-winter period of 2000/2003 involved 358 students (266 women and 92 men). Overweight was noted in 25 female students and in 35 male students. The mean age was 22.0 +/- 1.5 years. The way of nutrition was qualitatively assessed based on the frequency of consumption of chosen food products and point method according to Starzyńska (classifying the menu as good, sufficient, hardly sufficient, bad). Hardly sufficient diet was found to dominate in both students with normal and excessive body mass. Statistically significant differences were observed in the intake of chosen food products between female and male students. Women more often than men ate cottage cheese and whole-grain bread, while men consumed meat, meat products, potatoes and alcoholic drinks more frequently. Moreover, lower percentage of people with excessive body mass (both men and women) fullfiled the criteria of proper nutrition. Men with overweight had fewer meals, more seldom ate vegetables and fruit compared to those with normal body mass. The diet of women with overweight was characterized by a fewer number of meals a day and lower consumption of milk products, vegetables and fruit (especially fresh).
authors.affiliation: Zakład Higieny i Epidemiologii, Akademia Medyczna, 15-222 Białystok.
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Stefańska
authors.forename: Lucyna
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ostrowska
authors.forename: Danuta
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Czapska
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Karczewski
authors.forename: Ewa
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gołdowska
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001835:Body Weight; D004032:Diet; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D005518:Food Preferences; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D009765:Obesity; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D013337:Students, Medical