. Reihaneh Seyed Ghalaeh; . Zahra Gholi; . Sahar Saraf Bank; . Leila Azadbakht
Volume 2, Issue 3 , August 2012, , Pages 1-5
Abstract
AbstractBackground: Obesity is growing rapidly in our country. Nutrition is an important issue of obesity.The aim of this study was to determine the association between fruit and vegetable ...
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AbstractBackground: Obesity is growing rapidly in our country. Nutrition is an important issue of obesity.The aim of this study was to determine the association between fruit and vegetable intakewith the waist circumference and the body mass index (BMI) among young female universitystudents. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 236 healthyfemale university students aged between 18 and 30 years old, who were selected randomlyfrom the students of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Iran. A previously validated semiquantitative food frequency questionnaire was used to assess the entire dietary componentintake. Physical activity was assessed by daily recording of the physical activities. Findings: Theprevalence of obesity, central adiposity and overweight was 1.7, 0.9 and 8.1%, respectively. Themean value of BMI and the waist circumference was 21.54 kg/m2 and 70.37 cm, respectively.There was an inverse correlation between the fruit and vegetable intake and body weight (r =-0.1, P = 0.03) as well as BMI (r = -0.1, P = 0.04) and also there was an inverse correlationbetween the fruit intake and body weight (r = -0.1, P = 0.01) and BMI (r = -0.1, P = 0.01).There was no significant correlation between fruit and vegetable as well as fruit or vegetableseparately with the waist circumference. Conclusion: There were significant correlationsbetween fruit and also fruit and vegetable and body weight and BMI among female universitystudents. There was no significant correlation between fruit and vegetable as well as fruit orvegetable separately with waist circumference.
