Type of diet used by students of the propedical course of admission to medicine through the MyFitnessPal app
Keywords:
diet, studentsAbstract
Introducción: The amount of calories consumed daily should meet the needs of the body to fulfill its functions.
Objective: To determine the type of diet used by students of the propaedeutic course of admission to medicine using the MyFitnessPal app.
Methodology: Descriptive, prospective, cross-sectional, descriptive observational study based on obtaining dietary intake data by means of the MyfitnessPal app.
Results: 100 cases were analyzed; 52 women and 48 men, students of the propaedeutic course for admission to medicine at the National University of Asuncion. The type of diet they consume is based on an amount between 1400-1600kcal daily.
Conclusion: The results show that the amount of daily calories is mainly provided by carbohydrates. Also the male population is the one that consumes the most calories daily.
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