Dietary Habits Among Medical Students

Because impaired dietary habits such as skipping breakfast and taking meals irregularly are correlated with poor school performances whether those dietary habits were associated with the prevalence of fatigue was determined in medical students.

Dietary habits among medical students. Knowledge attitude and practices of nutritional and lifestyle habits helps to enhance the nutrition of the community which will consequently lead to a healthier society as they will constitute the main body of. International journal of nutrition and food sciences. This study aimed to identify patterns of eating habits among undergraduate medical students and to investigate their relationship to sociodemographic socioeconomic and psychological factors. Also medical students have been known to exhibit early risk factors for chronic diseases.

However there is no evidence to indicate that this knowledge translates into practice in terms of maintaining good health. Among the college population it is assumed that medical students have better knowledge about healthy lifestyle and dietary practices when compared to other students. Social and psychological factors were important determinants of eating habits among medical students. 2005 revealed few differences among lower and upper level students in terms of their dietary habits suggesting that habits established in the first year or two likely carry forward into later college years.

Knowing the medical students knowledge attitude and practices of nutritional and lifestyle habits helps to. A systematic review of research. The impact of food prices on consumption. Among the college population it is assumed that medical students have better knowledge about healthy lifestyle and dietary practices when compared to other students.

Fatigue which is a common complaint among medical students is related to poor academic outcomes. Dietary and lifestyle habits among medical students in king abdulaziz university saudi arabia. However where a student lives seems to affect his or her dietary habits and diet related health brevard ricketts 1996. Dietary habits and life style among the students of a private medical university karachi.

Nisar n 1 qadri mh fatima k perveen s. However there is no evidence to indicate that this knowledge translates into practice in terms of maintaining good health. The tendency among undergraduate students with poor dietary patterns is high due to lack of parental supervision incorrect knowledge regarding food habits stress of academic professional and. Also medical students have been known to exhibit early risk.