1. Dietary habits of medical students First author: Aurelia Alexandra Tarca Coordinators: Dr. Raluca Pop, Asist. Univ. Dr. Remus Sipos

2. Introduction  Dietary evaluation is an important part of general evaluation, but it is time consuming and subjective.  24hr recall questionnaire is a recognized method for dietary assessment.  Medical students are supposed to have healthy eating habits. 2

3. Objective  To assess and compare the eating habits of the medical students from the first and the fourth year General Medicine from UMPh Tg. Mures. http://www.cafepress.com 3

4. Material and method  The type of study - cross-sectional  Target population - medical students  Sample - 91 students divided in two groups from the first (46 subjects) and fourth year (45 subjects) of General Medicine at UMPh Tg. Mures  Method - 24hr recall questionnaire  Statistical analysis - Microsoft Office Excel, GraphPad InStat  Macronutrient composition and the count of the calories - Foodtracker (Supertracker.usda.com) 4 https://www.supertracker.usda.gov/foodtracker.aspx

5. Material and method  Variables analysed :  age  sex  environment  study year  body mass index  waist  macronutrients: protein, carbohydrate, fat, fiber  empty calories  recommended caloric intake  number of meals  location of meals  physical activity frequency 5

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9. Results 4 9 RR 1.54, 95% CI – 1.03-2.3, p=0.03

10. Results 5 10 BMI classification according World Health Organization (WHO)

11. Results 6 11 p=NS

12. Results 7 12 p=0.03 for girls in 1 st year

13. Results 8 13 p=NS

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15. Discussions  Our results are similar to other studies in Sweden and Greece (1,2)  Medical students have similar diet habits with the general population.  Even small caloric excess can lead to increased weight.

16. Conclusions  Medical students tend to consume high amounts of empty calories, have an imbalanced diet and do not exercise.  The 24hr recall is a useful tool for evaluating personal diet and allows tailored recommendations.  More emphasis should be put on nutritional education among medical students. 16

17. References  Marja Tengvall and Lars Ellegard. Dietary intake in Swedish medical students. Scandinavian Journal of Food and Nutrition 2007; 51 (2): 79-84.  Michael Chourdakis, Thrasivoulos Tzellos, Georgios Papazisis, Konstantinos Toulis, Dimitrios Kouvelas. Eating habits, health attitudes and obesity indices among medical students in northern Greece. Appetite 55 (2010) 722–725  S. Melmed, K. Polonsky, P. Larsen H. Kronenberg. Williams’s textbook of endocrinology. 12th ed. Saunders Elsevier. 2012

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