Samuel Durán Agüero1, Alejandra Vásquez Leiva2, Gladys Morales Illanes3, Ingrid Schifferli Castro3, Claudia Sanhueza Espinoza4, Claudia Encina Vega2, Karla Vivanco Cuevas5, Rodrigo Mena Bolvaran5. 1. Nta. Carrera de Nutrición y Dietética. Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud. Universidad San Sebastián.. sduran74@gmail.com. 2. Nta. Escuela de Nutrición y Dietética. Facultad de Salud, Universidad Santo Tomás, sede Viña del Mar.. sduran74@gmail.com. 3. Nta. Departamento de Salud Pública. Facultad de Medicina. Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco.. sduran74@gmail.com. 4. Nta. Escuela de Nutrición y Dietética. Facultad de Salud, Universidad Santo Tomas, sede Concepción.. sduran74@gmail.com. 5. Nta. Carrera de Nutrición y Dietética, Depto de Nutrición, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Antofagasta. Chile.. sduran74@gmail.com.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: stevia consumption has increased worlwide among the different age groups; however, studies regarding the association between stevia intake and nutritional status in adults are scarce. OBJECTIVE: to evaluate stevia intake in first year university students from five chilean cities (Santiago, Temuco, Viña del Mar, Concepción and Antofagasta) controlling by nutritional status, socioeconomic level, gender and whether their undergraduate program belongs to the health sciences. MATERIALS AND METHODS: 486 first year university students belonging to 4 Chilean universities were evaluated. Each student completed a weekly food frequency questionnaire including food and beverages containing stevia. Selfreport of weight and height was requested. RESULTS: 69.8% of the students consumed stevia every week, the liquid form being the main contributor to the dietary stevia intake (81.2%). Only 1.4% of the students went over the Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI). Normal weight women show a higher stevia intake compared to those obese or overweight (p < 0.05). Finally, stevia consumption appears to be positively associated to normal weight in the first model (adjusted) (OR = 0.219; IC 95%: 0.13-0.35; p < 0.05) and second model (OR = 0.21; IC 95%: 0.13-0.35; p < 0.05). CONCLUSION: stevia consumption was positively associated with normal nutritional status in Chilean university students. Copyright AULA MEDICA EDICIONES 2014. Published by AULA MEDICA. All rights reserved.
INTRODUCTION: stevia consumption has increased worlwide among the different age groups; however, studies regarding the association between stevia intake and nutritional status in adults are scarce. OBJECTIVE: to evaluate stevia intake in first year university students from five chilean cities (Santiago, Temuco, Viña del Mar, Concepción and Antofagasta) controlling by nutritional status, socioeconomic level, gender and whether their undergraduate program belongs to the health sciences. MATERIALS AND METHODS: 486 first year university students belonging to 4 Chilean universities were evaluated. Each student completed a weekly food frequency questionnaire including food and beverages containing stevia. Selfreport of weight and height was requested. RESULTS: 69.8% of the students consumed stevia every week, the liquid form being the main contributor to the dietary stevia intake (81.2%). Only 1.4% of the students went over the Acceptable Daily Intake (ADI). Normal weight women show a higher stevia intake compared to those obese or overweight (p < 0.05). Finally, stevia consumption appears to be positively associated to normal weight in the first model (adjusted) (OR = 0.219; IC 95%: 0.13-0.35; p < 0.05) and second model (OR = 0.21; IC 95%: 0.13-0.35; p < 0.05). CONCLUSION: stevia consumption was positively associated with normal nutritional status in Chilean university students. Copyright AULA MEDICA EDICIONES 2014. Published by AULA MEDICA. All rights reserved.
Authors: Samuel Durán Agüero; Lissé Angarita Dávila; Ma Cristina Escobar Contreras; Diana Rojas Gómez; Jorge de Assis Costa Journal: Biomed Res Int Date: 2018-01-08 Impact factor: 3.411