Machado, DoraBrás, Manuel AlbertoAlmeida, AssunçãoLourenço, Ana Cristina Gonçalves2023-07-072023-07-072023Machado, Dora; Brás, Manuel Alberto Morais Brás ; Almeida, Assunção; Lourenço, Ana Cristina Gonçalves (2023). Eating habits of undergraduate health graduates. In Il Seven International Congress of Health. ISBN: 978-65-84976-41-2978-65-84976-41http://hdl.handle.net/10198/28519In 2021 non-communicable diseases caused 90% of deaths and 85% of comorbidities in the European region of the World Health Organization. An unbalanced diet is one of the behavioral factors associated with mortality from non-communicable diseases. In Portugal 53.6% of adults are overweight or obese. Often the transition to university is associated with students leaving their parents' home, so there is often a change in the eating pattern of young adults. : To verify whether attending the last year of a degree course in the health area can be a factor promoting a complete, balanced and varied diet.engHealth science studentsEating behaviorFood and nutrition educationEating habits of undergraduate health graduatesconference paper10.56238