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T1 Excess weight in relation to lifestyle habits in Spanish first-year university students: differences between pre- and post-COVID-19—A serial cross-sectional study based on uniHcos project
A1 Hernández Segura, Natalia
A1 Botella Juan, Lorena
A1 Amezcua Prieto, María del Carmen
A1 Morales Suárez-Varela, María
A1 Mateos Campos, Ramona
A1 Fernández Villa, Tania
A1 Ortíz Moncada, Rocío
A1 Almaraz Gómez, Ana
A1 Narciso Rufo, Alicia
A1 Ayán Pérez, Carlos
A1 Molina, Antonio José
K1 Overweight
K1 Obesity
K1 Obesidad
K1 Exercise
K1 Ejercicio físico
K1 COVID-19
K1 Education
K1 Education, Higher
K1 Enseñanza superior
K1 College students - Spain
K1 Estudiantes universitarios - España
K1 Lifestyles
K1 Estilos de vida
K1 Public health
K1 Healt policy
K1 2411.06 Fisiología del Ejercicio
K1 3212 Salud Publica
K1 5312.04 Educación
AB The objective of this research was to study the relationship between the body weight and diet, physical activity, and other habits among freshmen students by sex, and to determine whether these habits have changed during the post-era of the COVID-19 pandemic. A serial cross-sectional study with data from 11 Spanish universities was carried out. In total, 10,096 first-year university students (73.2% female, mean age = 19.0 ± 1.5 years) completed an online self-administered questionnaire between 2012 and 2022. For some analyses, questionnaires were categorized by the year in which the survey was filled out as Before COVID-19, Lockdown, and New Normal. In total, 72.9% of participants were within the normal weight range, and 17.7% of men and 11.8% of women were overweight (p < 0.001). The students who did not meet the WHO criteria of physical activity, spent more than 7 h per day sitting, and skipped breakfast had a higher prevalence of obesity (p < 0.05). According to the period of study, the prevalence of overweight/obesity Before COVID-19 was 16.1% (95% CI: 15.4–16.9%), while in Lockdown the prevalence was significantly higher (20.2, 95% CI: 17.1–23.8) and in New Normal it was 18.9% (CI: 15.7–22.5). Moreover, the study suggests that during the Lockdown period, there was a reduction in the practice of physical activity and an increase in the prevalence of a healthy diet. For all these, it is necessary to propose public health interventions that improve the lifestyles of university students.
PB MDPI
SN 2227-9032
YR 2023
FD 2023
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/68944
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/68944
LA eng
NO Healthcare, 2023, Vol. 11, Nº. 11, 1547
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 26-jul-2024