1Assistant Professor, Dept. of Community Medicine, Subharti Medical College, Swami Vivekananda Subharti University, Meerut (UP)
2Professor, Dept. of Community Medicine, Subharti Medical College, Swami Vivekananda Subharti University, Meerut (UP)
3Assistant Professor, Biochemistry, Subharti Medical College, Swami Vivekananda Subharti University, Meerut (UP)
*Corresponding author: Sartaj Ahmad, Assistant Professor, Medical Sociology, Subharti Medical College, Delhi-Haridwar Byepass Road, Meerut, UP, India. Tel: (+91) 9897093882, (+91) 0121 2439056 Ext. 2146; Fax: (+91) 0121 2439127. E-mail: sartajsaleem@gmail.com
Online published on 11 March, 2014.
The life of professional students is stressful throughout the whole course of trainings. Types of food intake, lack of exercise, psychological depression due to study burden, pressure of examination, discrepancies between expectation and reality all can be anticipated in bring psychological stress.
To find out the Association of health status with dietary habits and lifestyle of students?
The purpose of this study was to clarify the association between dietary habits and life style and perceived health status among students.
Cross sectional study
255 students of medical dental and nursing courses of SVSU, Meerut UP
255 university students
July 2011 to Dec 2011
A Pre-designed, Pre-tested, self administered questionnaire related to life style and perceived health was used.
Microsoft Excel
In this study, consumption of non-vegetarian diet and fast food was found among students. Smoking & tobacco chewing and consumption of alcohol were seen in students. Sedentary life, over weight and high blood pressure was found in students.
Medical students were not much conscious to make extra effort to choose a healthier lifestyle. Healthy lifestyle among medical students are even more important as they are future doctors and the students who personally ignore healthy lifestyle are more likely to fail to establish health promotion opportunities for their patients.
Medical students, Dietary habits, Lifestyle, Addictions, Physical activity
