title: Differences in eating and lifestyle habits between first- and sixth-year medical students from Zagreb.
abstract: Eating and lifestyle habits of first (n=169) and sixth (n=272) year students, aged 18 to 26 years, attending a Medical School in Zagreb, were compared related to the years of study. A self-administered questionnaire created for this study incorporated a food frequency questionnaire. Both year students reported similar number of meals per day, irregular consumption of meals, skipping breakfast, frequency of vegetables, fruits, cereals, sweets, milk and dairy products consumption, body mass index (BMI) calculated from self-reported weight and height and alcohol consumption. Significant differences between groups were observed in consuming supper (p = 0.001), being on diet (p = 0.032), intake of supplements (p = 0.041), meat (p < 0.001), dried meat (p = 0.027), coffee and tea consumption (p = 0.016), physical activity (p = 0.041; p = 0.016), and smoking (p = 0.029). This study showed non-healthy eating arid lifestyle behavior among Medical School students. We observed association between the year of study, and some of the eating habits and lifestyle factors.
authors.affiliation: University of Zagreb, Andrija Stampar School of Public Health, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Zagreb, Croatia. ianola@snz.hr
authors.forename: Iskra Alexandra
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Nola
authors.forename: Jagoda Doko
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Jelinić
authors.forename: Dubravka
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Matanić
authors.forename: Jasna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pucarin-Cvetković
authors.forename: Biserka
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bergman Marković
authors.forename: Ankica
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Senta
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008019:Life Style; D008297:Male; D013337:Students, Medical