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A survey of 357 university students in Porto Alegre, Brazil, collected personal, anthropometric, and eating behavior data. The study, authored by Rosenir Korpalski de Souza, analyzed the relationship between self-perception of eating habits and adherence to national dietary guidelines. Results indicate 55.5% of students did not consider their eating habits healthy, with low observance of most recommended dietary steps.

Use Cases

• Analyze the relationship between self-perception and actual dietary adherence based on the Ten Steps to Healthy Eating framework.
• Study demographic and anthropometric correlates of overweight prevalence (34.2% in sample) among university students.
• Investigate potential biases in self-reported health assessments based on the described inverse relationship between positive self-evaluation and guideline observance.

Strengths

• Sample size of 357 students provides a substantive basis for analysis.
• Includes specific demographic breakdowns: 61.3% female and 56% aged 20-29.
• Reports concrete outcome metrics: 34.2% overweight prevalence and 55.5% negative self-assessment of eating habits.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic and demographic bias inherent to a single private university in Porto Alegre.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for certain modeling tasks.

Provenance

Source

Rosenir Korpalski de Souza

Collection Method

Online questionnaire applied to students at a private university.

Geography

Porto Alegre, Brazil