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

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...

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Published in:	BioMed research international Vol. 2020; no. 2020; pp. 1 - 9
Main Authors:	Fernandez, Eloína, Martinovic, Paola Aravena, Wilson, Waleska, Neira, Ana María, Encina, Claudia, Tillería, Jessica Moya, Villarroel, Pía, Salamanca, Marcelo Fernández, Caichac, Astrid, Bonacich, Rodrigo Bühring, Silva Rojas, Jaime, Ahumada, Danay, Araneda, Jacqueline, Durán Agüero, Samuel, Pacheco, Viviana
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Cairo, Egypt Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2020 Hindawi John Wiley & Sons, Inc Hindawi Limited
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Age Analysis Breakfast foods Cereals Chile - epidemiology College students Colleges & universities Confidence Continuity (mathematics) Cross-Sectional Studies Descriptive labeling Diet Eating behavior Feeding Behavior Female Food Food consumption Food Labeling Food law Functional foods Habits Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Humans Labeling Labels Laws, regulations and rules Male Nutritional Status Obesity - epidemiology Obesity in adolescence Sex Sexual behavior Signal classification Sports medicine Students Students - psychology Students - statistics & numerical data Sugar Surveys Surveys and Questionnaires Thinness - epidemiology Transtheoretical Model Underweight Universities University students Warning Warning labels Women Young Adult Chile
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Summary:	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.
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ISSN:	2314-6133 2314-6141
DOI:	10.1155/2020/2317929