Nutritional status of students at university in Madrid

It seems that the dietary habits of the European population are not ideal, so that the promotion of a heal thy diet is increasingly important. The university population is a vulnerable group from the nutritional point of view, yet it is critical to develop good eating habits that will affect their future health. Our research project was carried out to a diverse group of college students Nursing at the University (14 men and 54 women). The objective of this project was to meet the nutritional status of the same, their dietary habits and knowledge about a healthy diet and include therein a health program based on identified needs to learn, develop and acquire the knowledge, attitudes and skills necessary to follow a balanced diet and achieve a healthy lifestyle, taking ownership and responsibility for their health. The project included blood samples to each of the students to see if eating habits significantly influenced their analytical parameters and detect possible alterations in terms of vitamins, iron, cholesterol, etc. A questionnaire on eating habits with 3 days record questionnaire, next to the anthropometric measurement and launched the educational program to try to answer if adequate health education about lifestyle and nutrition and adequate dietary intake, changes significantly reduce the analytical parameters included: