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Eating habits and attitudes of veterinary medicine students who live at home or away from home

Introduction: By enrolling at the faculty students are faced with an increasing number of obligations and a significantly greater burden. That is why food and life habits can change. The quality of a diet therefore depends on the habits gained in the family and on the foods available to students when preparing meals themselves, or when consuming meals in student campus restaurants. The aim of the research was to determine the influence of moving out of family home on nutrition and living habits of veterinary medicine students. Material and Methods: The research was conducted from 2014 to 2017 on 265 students. Students were divided into two groups, a group of students residing in Zagreb (N = 127) and students staying in Zagreb during the academic year (N = 138). The research was conducted through a questionnaire that contained 20 questions. The statistical analysis was carried out by the computer program Statistica v. 12. Results: The highest number of students was eating both at home and in student campus restaurants (81%). A significantly higher number of students who have a place of residence in Zagreb eat at the student restaurant (p≤0.05). Most students (58%), regardless of their place of residence, evaluate the quality of student's restaurants with a good and very good rating. A significantly higher number of students living in Zagreb eat daily fresh meals (p≤0.05) and eat 5 or more than 5 meals per day (p≤0.05). Students living in Zagreb have a significantly higher percentage of daily breakfast eating (p≤0.05) and consume milk and dairy products daily (p≤0.05). Of the total number of students, 47% play sports recreationally and 7% are active sportsmen. Most of the students, regardless of their place of residence, were not on the restrictive diet for the last year (81%) and does not feel obese (84%). Half of the participants feel that they are healthy (59%). Conclusion: The results point to the importance of living with parents because breakfast and consumption of milk and dairy products are more frequent in students living with parents. Milk and dairy products are a good sources of calcium needed for growth and development of adolescents as well as affecting cognitive abilities and memory.

students, eating habits, attitudes, living at home, living away from home

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