Estilo de vida dos universitários do curso de Nutrição

Abstract

Objective: to evaluate the lifestyle of university students of the Nutrition course. Methodology: This is a quantitative research, with a cross-sectional and descriptive approach carried out with 108 students enrolled and frequent in the Nutrition course of two private colleges, in the city of Montes Claros, Minas Gerais. For the data collection, the validated questionnaire was used. The study was approved by the Ethics and Research Committee of SOEBRAS. Results: the majority of university students (44%) have a good lifestyle. By associating the good , very good and excellent classifications, 92 university students (85%) achieved a satisfactory lifestyle, 16 of them (15%) obtained a regular classification and none of the evaluated ones scored below 35 points, Measure that indicates need for improvement. Conclusion: academics have an adequate lifestyle. However, lifestyle indicators point to the need for improvements in aspects related mainly to the nutrition, introspection and physical activity component.