title: [Cooking Skills and Consumption of Ready Meal in University Students of Barcelona, Spain].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Confidence in cooking skills is relevant in health. The objective was to study the status of cooking skills and consumption of ready meal among university students in the city of Barcelona, assessing their association with sociodemographic variables and confidence in some culinary skills and knowing how to cook.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional study, carried out during the 2014-2015 academic year, 525 students (81.3% women, median age 21 years) using an on-line questionnaire. Bivariate and multivariate analyses were performed; odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals were estimated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Between 53% and 89% of the students reported feeling very confident in 10 of the 18 cooking skills. No statistically significant differences were observed by sex, and between 62% and 86% of those over 21 years expressed great confidence in 9 competitions. The consumption of ready meal was prevalent (49.4%) and associated with age (OR=0.95 95% CI: 0.91-0.99), gender (male, OR=1.98 95% CI: 1.23-3.18) and not knowing how to cook (OR=2.25 95% CI: 1.10-4.60). In students who knew how to cook, eating ready meal was associated with gender (male, OR =1.67 95% CI: 1.00 to 2.77) and no longer feel confident in preparing more than one food at one time (OR = 1.73 95% CI: 1.58 to 2.60).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Students at a university in Barcelona have a level in cooking skills which could be improved, and consume ready meals usually.
authors.affiliation: Facultat de Ciències de la Salut Blanquerna. Universitat Ramon Llull and Estudis Professionals Jesuïtes-Sarrià Sant Ignasi. Barcelona.pedrosg@blanquerna.url.edu.
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sainz García
authors.affiliation: Facultat de Ciències de la Salut Blanquerna. Universitat Ramon Llull. Barcelona.
authors.forename: María Carmen
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Ferrer Svoboda
authors.affiliation: Facultat de Ciències de la Salut Blanquerna. Universitat Ramon Llull. Barcelona.
authors.forename: Emilia
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sánchez Ruiz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D003296:Cooking; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D057140:Fast Foods; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012737:Sex Factors; D013030:Spain; D013334:Students; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Diet surveys; Diet, Food, and Nutrition; Educational Status; Food; Food Quality; Multivariate analyses; Nurses; Spain; Students; Students, Premedical; Surveys and Questionnaires