Nutrición y Dietética

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    CONOCIMIENTOS, ACTITUDES Y PRÁCTICAS RESPECTO AL ETIQUETADO NUTRICIONAL Y SU RELACIÓN CON LA ELECCIÓN DE ALIMENTOS EN ESTUDIANTES DE LA FCS DE LA UTA
    (Universidad Técnica de Ambato/ Facultad de Ciencias de Salud /Carrera de Nutrición y Dietética, 2024-09-27) Pazmiño Morales, Rachel Tamara; Quiroga Torres, Tannia Elizabeth
    Introduction: Food choice is essential for the health of populations. Strategies such as food product labeling standards could help consumers have clear information about the foods they consume. Objective: Analyze the level of knowledge, attitudes and practices on nutritional labeling and its relationship with food choices in UTA FCS students. Methodology: The study is an observational descriptive crosssectional survey type. It has a study population of 1,413 students belonging to the Medicine and Physical Therapy majors, from which a sample of 225 people was extracted considering a 6% margin of error and a standardized value of 1.96. Results: It was concluded that there is a relationship between practices regarding nutritional labeling and the food choice of processed and ultra-processed foods (p value=0.005).