A survey of the state of dietary knowledge of students of the medical faculty of Polish Medical Universities
| Main Authors: | Czarnota, Jakub, Marzęda, Magdalena, Dobrzyński, Michał, Skubel, Tomasz, Drozd, Małgorzata, Sokół, Dorota, Blicharz, Agnieszka, Piecewicz-Szczęsna, Halina |
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, 2020
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- Czarnota Jakub, Marzęda Magdalena, Dobrzyński Michał, Skubel Tomasz, Drozd Małgorzata, Sokół Dorota, Blicharz Agnieszka, Piecewicz-Szczęsna Halina. A survey of the state of dietary knowledge of students of the medical faculty of Polish Medical Universities. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2020;10(9):464-472. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.12775/JEHS.2020.10.09.055 https://apcz.umk.pl/czasopisma/index.php/JEHS/article/view/JEHS.2020.10.09.055 https://zenodo.org/record/4037844 The journal has had 5 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. § 8. 2) and § 12. 1. 2) 22.02.2019. © The Authors 2020; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 12.09.2020. Revised: 17.09.2020. Accepted: 19.09.2020. A survey of the state of dietary knowledge of students of the medical faculty of Polish Medical Universities Jakub Czarnota1, Magdalena Marzęda1, Michał Dobrzyński1, Tomasz Skubel1, Małgorzata Drozd1, Dorota Sokół1, Agnieszka Blicharz1, Halina Piecewicz-Szczęsna2 1Student Research Circle at the Department of Epidemiology and Clinical Research Methodology, Medical University of Lublin 2Department of Epidemiology and Clinical Research Methodology, Medical University of Lublin Corresponding author: Jakub Czarnota; email: kubbaa232@interia.pl ORCID ID: Jakub Czarnota: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2783-0349; kubbaa232@interia.pl Magdalena Marzęda: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4397-5214; mmarzeda@gmail.com Michał Dobrzyński: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1416-6568; mdobrzyski4@gmail.com Tomasz Skubel: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7572-401X; tomasz.wojciech.skubel@gmail.com Małgorzata Drozd: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0710-2451; drozd.malg@gmail.com Dorota Sokół: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2059-7951; dorota.sokol9606@gmail.com Agnieszka Blicharz, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4536-0651; agnieszkablicharz9603@gmail.com Halina Piecewicz-Szczęsna: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0573-7226; halpiec@wp.pl Abstract Introduction: Proper nutrition is an important element in pursuit of health. Appropriate selection of macro- and micro-ingredients allows to maintain the correct weight, avoid nutritional deficiencies and many health problems. Despite the fact that the topic of nutrition is primarily the concern of nutritionists, knowledge of nutrition is often helpful also for doctors. Aim is to examine the state of knowledge of medical students studying in Poland on the principles of healthy eating. Material and Methods: An anonymous online survey was conducted. The responses of 140 students of medicine from Polish medical universities were analyzed. Results: Despite the fact that 52.1% of the respondents declared that they are interested in the topic of healthy eating, only 40.3% of the respondents correctly stated that buckwheat is a good source of magnesium in the diet. 72.7% of respondents wrongly thought that olive oil is a good source of omega-3 fatty acids in the diet. 78.1% of respondents correctly stated that canned food with a high salt content is a risk factor for stomach cancer. 52.5% of respondents believe that coffee increases the excretion of magnesium in the urine. The same number of respondents correctly considered green tea to be a source of substances similar to caffeine. 59.7% of respondents correctly stated that onions, leeks and cabbage should be avoided while following the diet recommended in irritable bowel syndrome. Conclusion: Despite the expressed interest in the subject of healthy eating by the majority of the surveyed students, the results of the study suggest that the dietetary knowledge of students of the medical faculty of Polish Medical Universities is not very good. In some questions, only about half of the respondents gave correct answers. Key words: diet, magnesium, omega-3, irritable bowel syndrome