Nutritional quality and carbon footprint of university students' diets: results from the EHU12/24 study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate diets in terms of nutritional characteristics and quality from the perspectives of health, greenhouse gas emissions (GHGE) and possible associations with each other in a representative sample of students at a public university.

Design

Cross-sectional. Dietary intake was evaluated with a validated FFQ, and diet quality was assessed through the Healthy Eating Index (HEI-2010) and MedDietScore (MDS). GHGE data were obtained from the literature. In addition, sex, socio-economic status (SES) and body fat (BF) status were analysed as covariates.

Setting

Basque Autonomous Community, Spain.

Participants

Totally, 26 165 healthy adults aged 18-28 years.

Results

Student diets were characterised by low consumption of carbohydrates (38·72 % of t

SUBMITTER: Telleria-Aramburu N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8825978 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature