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R. Ojeda Brito, Estrella Brito Ojeda, Cristina Ruano, Mariela Nissensohn, José A. Ruiz Caballero, Lluís Serra Majem
Introduction: The university pariod is marked by changes in food consumption patterns. Hydration habits affect students’ physical and cognitive performance.
Objective: analyze beverage consumption, calculate the total water intake and compare it with the recommendations of the EFSA and analyze its relationship with the adherence to the Mediterranean Diet and BMI in a sample of university students.
Method: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study on a sample of 1978 students from the Rey Juan Carlos University of Madrid (2010/2011 academic year). The frequency and amount of beverage consumption was determined by Hendrick 2010. To assess the adherence to the Mediterranean Diet the TestkidMed was used.
Results: The average consumption of water from all drinks was 1673.6 ml/day in women and 1701.8 ml/day in men. The most consumed beverages were water (886.22 ml / day), dairy (341.38 ml / day), juices (202.17 ml / day), coffee and tea (171, 86 ml / day) and soft drinks (155, 10 ml / day). The average value in the test Kidmed was 6.18(± 2.61), 32.5% of cases reported high adherence, and 53.2% medium adherence. Only the 14.3% was classified as low adherence, showing a significant association between low adherece and younger subjects (≤ 20 years). This age group showed a higher proportion of underweight and greater total water consumption was observed.
Conclusions: The sample does not meet the minimum recommendations set out by EFSA but women are more in line with those recommendations. Further studies on the habits of hydration in university population are needed.
