title: [Relationship between the ratio of fish to meat consumption and diet adequacy in university young women].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  In Western populations fish consumption is lower than meat consumption and this fact can influence on the total diet quality.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Verify if the relationship between the ratio of fish to meat consumption and diet adequacy and quality in a group of women university students.
  
  
  METHODS
  47 women of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) took part in this study; the mean age was 19.6+/-1.2 years. Dietary intake was evaluated with a food frequency questionnaire validated. From quantitative data on food, energy and nutrients intake were estimated by CESNID software. Two diet quality indices were also calculated: the ratio of fish to meat consumption and the Healthy Eating Index for Spanish diet (HEISD). Statistical analyses were carried out using the SPSS 21.0 software package.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The ratio of fish to meat was 0.4 and the majority of the participants (91.5%) eaten more meat than fish. The university students with a high intake of fish were eating more fruit and less sweets. The ratio fish/ meat was associated positively with the scores of some components of the HEISD and with the intake of some nutrients: proteins, niacin, potassium, iron, zinc, vitamin D, E, thiamine, riboflavin, pyridoxine, vitamin B12 and C.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A higher consumption of fish than meat was associated with a better dietary profile in the consumption of some foods and nutrients, in the sample studied.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Farmacia y Ciencias de los Alimentos. Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU).. lertxundi83@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Iker
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Alegria-Lertxundi
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Psicología Social y Metodología de las Ciencias del Comportamiento. E. U. Trabajo Social, Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU). España.. anamaria.rocandio@ehu.es.
authors.forename: Ana M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Rocandio
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Farmacia y Ciencias de los Alimentos. Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU).. saioa.telletxea@ehu.es.
authors.forename: Saioa
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Telletxea Artzamendi
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Farmacia y Ciencias de los Alimentos. Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU).. estitxurincon@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Estíbaliz
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rincón Montaña
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Farmacia y Ciencias de los Alimentos. Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU).. marta.arroyo@ehu.es.
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arroyo-Izaga
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004032:Diet; D004034:Diet Surveys; D004435:Eating; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D005399:Fishes; D006801:Humans; D008460:Meat; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D013334:Students; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult