Food choices of students with nutritional knowledge.

• Maria-Monica Popescu-Mitroi ^[1] ; Ionel Popescu-Mitroi ^[2]
  1. [1] Polytechnic University of Timişoara

     Polytechnic University of Timişoara

     Rumanía

     
  2. [2] Aurel Vlaicu, University of Arad, Faculty of Food Engineering, Tourism and Environmental Protection, Arad, Romania.
• Localización: Nutrición clínica y dietética hospitalaria, ISSN 0211-6057, Vol. 42, Nº. 3, 2022, págs. 34-39
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Objective: This exploratory studyaims to identifyat the students who have acquired basic nutritional knowledge theoptions based of what healthy / less healthy foods mean, to what extent the conservatism / novelty is important in choosing products and how much independent / dependent their food choices are in fact.

    Methods: The methodology used in this paper consisted in drawing up a 38-item questionnaire by authors and its completion by 50 students who attended a nutrition course.

    Results: This study reveals on the following tree major lines: at the axis healthy versus unhealthy food choices there areno significant differences between the two categories (Paired samples test, t = 1.20, p = 0.235), at the axis choices based on conservatism versus novelty aresignificant results for conservatism (Paired samples test / t = 6.95, p = 0.000 )and at the axis choices based on decisional independence versus dependenceare significant results for independence (Paired samples test, t = 5.59, p = 0.000).

    Implication: Basically, this paper makes a clear radiography of the respondents' food choices and it may also provide through the questionnaire developed by us a starting point for developing new information, education and marketing strategies to promote the healthy food consumption.