INFLUENCE OF DIETARY HABITS ON BODY COMPOSITION IN LEBANESE ACTIVE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS: A GENDER SPECIFIC ANALYSIS.

VPLIV PREHRANSKIH NAVAD NA TELESNO SESTAVO PRI AKTIVNIH LIBANONSKIH UNIVERZITETNIH ŠTUDENTIH: ANALIZA PO SPOLU. (Slovenian)

Problem Statement: The unhealthy lifestyle behaviors that university students face comprising sedentary behaviors are associated with weight gain and obesity in this critical life age. Purpose: The purpose of the study is to explore the effect of dietary habits on body composition parameters in Lebanese Active University Students according to gender. Methods: A sample of 200 students from the Lebanese University, faculty of education, physical Education department were studied. The standardized Dietary questionnaire (Turconi et al., 2003) was used to assess the dietary habits of the participants. Body Composition was assessed using the method of multifrequency bioelectrical analysis. Five body composition parameters were assessed: Body Height, Body Mass, Body mass index, Percentage Body Fat mass, and percentage of Skeletal Muscle mass. Results: Lebanese Physical Education students showed satisfactory results and scored above average in the four sections of the nutrition survey. Regarding gender-based classification, males showed better scores in sections of dietary habits and nutrition knowledge, while females showed better scores in physical activity rated level, and nutrition beliefs. Regarding Body Composition, Lebanese students were found in normal body weight. The multiple regression analysis technique showed that the dietary habits factor has mild to moderate influence on body composition specifically on its three tested dependent variables: BM, BFM, and SMM. Conclusion: Findings support the need from educational and health authorities to develop and evaluate health-promotion and obesity-prevention programs for university communities especially for female gender with regular healthy lifestyle monitoring and standardized assessments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Problem: Nezdrav življenjski slog, zaznamovan s sedečim vedenjem, s katerim se soočajo univerzitetni študentje, je povezan s pridobivanjem telesne mase in debelostjo v tem kritičnem življenjskem obdobju. Namen: Namen študije je raziskati vpliv prehranskih navad na parametre telesne sestave pri aktivnih libanonskih univerzitetnih študentih po spolu. Metode: Vzorec je vključeval 200 študentov z Libanonske Univerze, Fakultete za izobraževanje, oddelka za športno vzgojo. Za oceno prehranskih navad udeležencev je bil uporabljen standardiziran prehranski vprašalnik (Turconi et al., 2003). Telesna sestava je bila ocenjena z metodo multifrekvenčne bioelektrične analize. Ocenjenih je bilo pet parametrov telesne sestave: telesna višina, telesna masa, indeks telesne mase, odstotek telesnega maščevja in odstotek skeletne mišične mase. Rezultati: Libanonski študenti športne vzgoje so pokazali zadovoljive rezultate in dosegli nadpovprečne rezultate v vseh štirih delih prehranske ankete. Glede na razvrstitev po spolu so moški dosegli boljše rezultate v delih o prehranskih navadah in prehranskem znanju, medtem ko so ženske dosegle boljše rezultate v ravni telesne aktivnosti in prehranskih prepričanjih. Glede telesne sestave so bili libanonski študenti v območju normalne telesne mase. Multipla regresijska analiza je pokazala, da imajo prehranske navade blag do zmeren vpliv na telesno sestavo, zlasti na tri testirane odvisne spremenljivke: TM, TMF in SMM. Sklep: Ugotovitve podpirajo potrebo izobraževalnih in zdravstvenih oblasti po razvoju in oceni programov za promocijo zdravja in preprečevanje debelosti za univerzitetne skupnosti, zlasti za ženski spol, z rednim spremljanjem zdravega življenjskega sloga in standardiziranimi ocenami. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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