Resumen

FERRERO, Lucrecia  y  STEIN, Marina. Health habits of students of the 1st year of Teacher’s Training Course and Bachelor of Initial Education of the Faculty of Humanities at The University. Diaeta [online]. 2020, vol.38, n.170, pp.45-52. ISSN 1852-7337.

University students are exposed to a series of factors that predispose them to adopt health-damaging behaviors and increase the risk of chronic non-communicable diseases. Therefore, within the framework of the Good Practices Project in early childhood education, the objective of the present work was to know the lifestyles of university students taking into account the following variables: number of meals consumed daily, type of food consumed, consumption of alcohol, drugs and tobacco, practice of physical activity, hours of sleep per day and economic support. For this, a survey was applied to a sample (n = 67) of students of the 1st year of  Teacher’s Training Course and Bachelor of Initial Education, attending the Research, Integration and Practice I Workshop (compulsory subject). The results show physical inactivity (66%), the perception of an unhealthy diet (57.57%) and more than 40% of the respondents admitted consuming alcohol. A statistically significant association was found between students with perception of unhealthy habits and alcohol consumption. The lifestyles and eating habits of university students of the surveyed population could be considered as unhealthy, particularly physical inactivity and the type of food they consume, with a lack of daily incorporation of essential nutrients. Therefore, it is necessary to raise awareness and implement strategies that promote change towards healthy lifestyles, allowing mitigation effects and impacting on the quality of life of each individual.

Palabras clave : Health habits; Students; Alcohol consumption; Nutrition; Prevention.

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