Ocena zgodności modelu żywienia studentów Warszawskiego Uniwersytetu Medycznego z zasadami diety śródziemnomorskiej

Paulina Zych¹, *Dorota Szostak-Węgierek²

Summary
Introduction. The Mediterranean diet is regarded as the healthiest nutritional model in Europe. Observing the principles of the Mediterranean diet is known to have many advantages, such as the prevention of cardiovascular diseases.
Aim. Evaluation of nutritional model compatibility with the principles of the Mediterranean diet in students of medicine and dietetics of the Warsaw Medical University.
Material and methods. The questionnaire study was performed in 151 students of the Warsaw Medical University, 101 females and 50 males, aged 21 to 23 years. 50 women were 3rd year dietetics students and 51 were 4th year medical students. All men studied were in their 4th academic year of medicine. The Mediterranean Adequacy Index (MAI) was calculated for every participant. The average daily intakes of particular product groups were compared with the data available for the Greek population.
Results. The mean MAI value for all participants was 1.12 ± 0.51 (median 0.98). The mean index for males was 1.03 ± 0.40 (median 0.90), and for females 1.16 ± 0.55 (median 1.05). Among women, the mean MAI value in medical students was 1.2 ± 0.66 (median 1.08), and in students of dietetics 1.11 ± 0.40 (median 0.97). The differences of the MAI values between the student groups were not statistically significant. The average intakes of particular product groups differed from the intakes in the Greek population. The intakes of fruits, potatoes, legumes and added vegetable fats were lower and the intake of added animal fats was higher.
Conclusions. The nutritional model of the Warsaw Medical University students is substantially different from the principles of the Mediterranean diet.

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