Alcohol Consumption Relation With Nutritional Knowledge and Body Weight

The increase of overweight and obesity in young Italian people, nowadays showed by several epidemiological data, has been related to the misuse of alcohol and to a lack in nutritional knowledge.

Thus the aim of our study was to investigate if different nutritional knowledge from could affect body composition and drinking habits of a cohort of local young people.

104 healthy subjects (56 males and 54 females) were recruited using oral advertisements among the students of 18-19 years-old belonging to the Istituto Agrario and the Istituto alberghiero Raineri-Marcora of Piacenza. The subjects were asked to complete a questionnaire on alcohol consumption and another one related to nutritional knowledge. Then anthropometric data were measured: height, weight, waist and hips circumferences, waist-hips ratio and skinfolds were evaluated for each subject and body fat mass was calculated.

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Key information

Conditions

Binge Drinking Alcohol Drinking Alcohol-Related Disorders Behavior Chemically-Induced Disorders Drinking Behavior Mental Disorders Substance-Related Disorders

Age range

18 year–19 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

students

Exclusion criteria

pregnant or breast feeding
vegan or vegetarian

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

anthropometric measures

Time frame: 1day
questionnaires on nutritional knowledge

Time frame: 1 day

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

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Registry information

Official study title

Effect of Alcohol Consumption and Nutritional Knowledge on Body Weight and Composition in a Group of Piacenza Students

Important dates

Study start: 2011
Primary completion: 2012
Study completion: 2012
First posted: Jan 12, 2015
Registry last updated: Jan 12, 2015

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