In connection with nutrition, our sample showed that 16.5% female and 11.3% males ate 5 or more fruit/vegetable servings daily. This is higher than in the USA, where 7.9% of college and university students reported that they consumed 5 or more fruit/vegetable servings daily (44). However, despite the guidelines and dietary recommendations (45), about 86% of our sample ate <5 servings of fruits and vegetables of fruit/ vegetable servings per day. Nevertheless, this still compared favourably with Germany where about 95% first year university students ate <5 servings of fruits and vegetables (46). In contrast, in Hong Kong, 36% and 34% of female and male university students respectively ate twoto four servings of fruit each day, and 55% and 41% ate three to five servings of vegetables each day (8). However, in connection with the consumption of sweets (chocolate, candy, etc.), ≈28% female and 34% males in our sample reported that they consumed such items 1–4 times a month, which could be comparable to the proportions of students in Hong Kong who indicated that they limit use of sugars and food containing sugar (23% female and 29% males) (8). Making the choices to increase fruit and vegetable consumption is a simple and inexpensive prevention strategy that 18- to 24-year-olds can use to reduce their risk of chronic disease (47).
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