Nutrition knowledge, diet quality and orthorexic behaviors in Polish students-a pre-post repeated cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT: Nutrition knowledge acquired in college students may not only help in promoting an adequate diet, but also lead to excessive preoccupation with healthy eating, which is referred to as orthorexic behaviors. This study aimed to assess the relationship between nutrition knowledge, diet quality and orthorexic behaviors among college students of food and nutrition majors. Data were collected from a sample of 131 college students through a pre-post repeated cross-sectional study conducted from 2018 to 2021. The participants were asked to complete the ORTO-6 questionnaire, the nutrition knowledge test "GAROTA", and the Beliefs and Eating Habits Questionnaire (KomPAN). The results indicated that students' preoccupation with healthy eating (orthorexic behaviors score) during the study period did no

SUBMITTER: Plichta M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10266620 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature