A multicenter study evaluating the stages of change in food consumption with warning labels among Chilean university students
Date
2020-01-16Author
Durán Agüero, Samuel
Araneda, Jacqueline
Ahumada, Danay
Silva Rojas, Jaime
Bühring Bonacich, Rodrigo
Caichac, Astrid
Fernández Salamanca, Marcelo
Villarroel, Pía
Fernández, Eloína
Pacheco, Viviana
Aravena Martinovic, Paola
Wilson, Waleska
Neira, Ana María
Encina, Claudia
Moya Tillería, Jessica
Publisher
BioMed Research InternationalDescription
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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 signifcant diference. 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 confdence in behavior
change (p <0.05). Conclusion. Te university students show a low importance and confdence 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.