Relationship between Mediterranean diet, physical activity and emotional intelligence in Spanish undergraduates

Levels of adherence to the Mediterranean diet in Spanish university students need to be verified. It is necessary to go deeper into what these are and what factors determine them. This is useful to design effective diet promotion proposals in this population. The objectives are: 1) To classify Span...

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Main Authors: Daniel Sanz-Martín, Félix Zurita-Ortega, Javier Cachón-Zagalaz, Eduardo Melguizo-Ibáñez
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Javier Cachón-Zagalaz
Eduardo Melguizo-Ibáñez
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description Levels of adherence to the Mediterranean diet in Spanish university students need to be verified. It is necessary to go deeper into what these are and what factors determine them. This is useful to design effective diet promotion proposals in this population. The objectives are: 1) To classify Spanish university students of Education Degrees according to their levels of Mediterranean diet, physical activity and emotional intelligence; 2) To analyse the influence of physical activity and emotional intelligence as determinants of Mediterranean diet according to lifestyle profiles. A cross-sectional study was designed with the participation of a representative sample of university students of education degrees. Participants ranged in age from 18 to 43 years (20.84±2.90). Men represented 30.2% of the sample (n=125) and women 69.8% (n=289). An online questionnaire was administered comprising the following: PREDIMED, IPAQ-SF and TMMS-24. The regression model obtained for the whole sample was: Mediterranean diet= 2.536+0.001*physical activity+0.029*emotional intelligence. The two-stage cluster classification (Ward and k-means) was validated with the MANOVA test (Pillai trace: F (6, 820) = 159.101; p ≤ 0.001; f = 1.00). It is concluded that 8% of university students' adherence to the Mediterranean diet is predicted by moderate-vigorous physical activity and emotional intelligence. Adherence to the diet is positively related to physical activity and emotional intelligence. Keywords: lifestyles; moderate-vigorous physical activity; Spain; cluster analysis; regression model.  
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spelling doaj-art-eb489c5aaed9483082eca7b567eed39c2025-08-20T02:39:31ZengFEADEFRetos: Nuevas Tendencias en Educación Física, Deportes y Recreación1579-17261988-20412024-06-015510.47197/retos.v55.103799Relationship between Mediterranean diet, physical activity and emotional intelligence in Spanish undergraduatesDaniel Sanz-Martín0Félix Zurita-Ortega1Javier Cachón-Zagalaz2Eduardo Melguizo-Ibáñez3Universidad Isabel IUniversidad de GranadaUniversidad de JaénUniversidad de Granada Levels of adherence to the Mediterranean diet in Spanish university students need to be verified. It is necessary to go deeper into what these are and what factors determine them. This is useful to design effective diet promotion proposals in this population. The objectives are: 1) To classify Spanish university students of Education Degrees according to their levels of Mediterranean diet, physical activity and emotional intelligence; 2) To analyse the influence of physical activity and emotional intelligence as determinants of Mediterranean diet according to lifestyle profiles. A cross-sectional study was designed with the participation of a representative sample of university students of education degrees. Participants ranged in age from 18 to 43 years (20.84±2.90). Men represented 30.2% of the sample (n=125) and women 69.8% (n=289). An online questionnaire was administered comprising the following: PREDIMED, IPAQ-SF and TMMS-24. The regression model obtained for the whole sample was: Mediterranean diet= 2.536+0.001*physical activity+0.029*emotional intelligence. The two-stage cluster classification (Ward and k-means) was validated with the MANOVA test (Pillai trace: F (6, 820) = 159.101; p ≤ 0.001; f = 1.00). It is concluded that 8% of university students' adherence to the Mediterranean diet is predicted by moderate-vigorous physical activity and emotional intelligence. Adherence to the diet is positively related to physical activity and emotional intelligence. Keywords: lifestyles; moderate-vigorous physical activity; Spain; cluster analysis; regression model.   https://recyt.fecyt.es/index.php/retos/article/view/103799estilo de vidaactividad física moderada-vigorosaEspañaanálisis clústermodelo de regresión(lifestyles)
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Relationship between Mediterranean diet, physical activity and emotional intelligence in Spanish undergraduates
Retos: Nuevas Tendencias en Educación Física, Deportes y Recreación
estilo de vida
actividad física moderada-vigorosa
España
análisis clúster
modelo de regresión
(lifestyles)
title Relationship between Mediterranean diet, physical activity and emotional intelligence in Spanish undergraduates
title_full Relationship between Mediterranean diet, physical activity and emotional intelligence in Spanish undergraduates
title_fullStr Relationship between Mediterranean diet, physical activity and emotional intelligence in Spanish undergraduates
title_full_unstemmed Relationship between Mediterranean diet, physical activity and emotional intelligence in Spanish undergraduates
title_short Relationship between Mediterranean diet, physical activity and emotional intelligence in Spanish undergraduates
title_sort relationship between mediterranean diet physical activity and emotional intelligence in spanish undergraduates
topic estilo de vida
actividad física moderada-vigorosa
España
análisis clúster
modelo de regresión
(lifestyles)
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