Resumen

MORENO-RUIZ, I. et al. Valor nutricional de los alimentos ofrecidos en las máquinas de vending de la universidad complutense de madrid, españa. Habitos de consumo de los estudiantes universitarios. Rev. argent. endocrinol. metab. [online]. 2019, vol.56, n.3, pp.11-20. ISSN 1851-3034.

Introduction: NutriScore is a tool designed with the aim of simplify the information of the nutritional composition obtained from the labelling. It classify foods in five colors ranging from green (healthier) to red (less healthy). These colors are associated with five letters (A/B/C/D/E).

University students spend many hours in faculties and have a high consumption of snacks and beverages.

Objective: We aimed to examine the nutritional value of foods sold in vending machines of the Complutense University of Madrid, by calculating the nutriscore and to obtain data of the snacking habits of the students of this university.

Methods: The study was conducted in sixteen universities and in the university library of the Complutense University of Madrid.

One hundred and forty six undergraduate university students volunteered to complete a questionnaire to assess frequency of consumption and snack choices of vending machines.

Results: We analized 143 snacks and 53 beverages.

Snacks were: A 4,2%, B 4,2%, C 21,6%, D 53% y E 47% and beverages A 1,9%, B 9,4%, C 13,2%, D 35,9% y E 39,6%.

The students use them when they are hungry and between meals. Water was the first option followed by sugary soft drinks as beverages and processed baked goods followed by chips as more consumed snacks.

Conclusión: Although the university should play a role in promoting a healthy lifestyle, the vending machines of the faculties offer a very high number of products with low nutritional quality. group, we can conclude that DTC in acromegaly does not have a worse evolution.

Palabras clave : Vending machines Nutriscore; nutritional quality university students.

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