A Multicenter Study Evaluating the Stages of Change in Food Consumption with Warning Labels among Chilean University Students

Joint Authors

Durán Agüero, Samuel
Araneda, Jacqueline
Ahumada, Danay
Silva Rojas, Jaime
Bonacich, Rodrigo Bühring
Caichac, Astrid
Salamanca, Marcelo Fernández
Villarroel, Pía
Fernandez, Eloína
Pacheco, Viviana
Martinovic, Paola Aravena
Wilson, Waleska
Neira, Ana María
Encina, Claudia
Tillería, Jessica Moya

Source

BioMed Research International

Issue

Vol. 2020, Issue 2020 (31 Dec. 2020), pp.1-9, 9 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2020-01-16

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

9

Main Subjects

Medicine

Abstract EN

Objective.

To analyze the stage of change in food consumption with warning labels among Chilean university students.

Materials and Methods.

Cross-sectional study which applied surveys in universities from all over the country.

Study included 4807 participants of 18 to 40 years of both sexes who were asked about the level of knowledge of the new food law and food consumption with warning signals, including questions regarding their willingness to behavior change according to Prochaska’s transtheoretical model.

To compare continuous variables, Student’s t-test was used in the statistical package SPSS 22.0, and p <0.05 was considered a significant difference.

Results.

Of the total number of respondents, 99.3% of the students indicated that they know about the food law, classifying foods with signals in the precontemplation stage.

Compared by sex, we observed that women give greater importance to behavior change in all of foods (p <0.001).

Underweight students give less importance to change in unhealthy foods, while obesity students give more importance but do not show more confidence in behavior change (p <0.05).

Conclusion.

The university students show a low importance and confidence to make behavior change, aspects associated with sex and nutritional status.

It is necessary to strengthen nutritional food education and not just talk about structural measures.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Durán Agüero, Samuel& Araneda, Jacqueline& Ahumada, Danay& Silva Rojas, Jaime& Bonacich, Rodrigo Bühring& Caichac, Astrid…[et al.]. 2020. A Multicenter Study Evaluating the Stages of Change in Food Consumption with Warning Labels among Chilean University Students. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1132432

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Durán Agüero, Samuel…[et al.]. A Multicenter Study Evaluating the Stages of Change in Food Consumption with Warning Labels among Chilean University Students. BioMed Research International No. 2020 (2020), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1132432

American Medical Association (AMA)

Durán Agüero, Samuel& Araneda, Jacqueline& Ahumada, Danay& Silva Rojas, Jaime& Bonacich, Rodrigo Bühring& Caichac, Astrid…[et al.]. A Multicenter Study Evaluating the Stages of Change in Food Consumption with Warning Labels among Chilean University Students. BioMed Research International. 2020. Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1132432

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-1132432