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Current dietary intake and eating habits in connection with socio-demographic characteristics of students of Nangui Abrogoua University of Côte d'Ivoire.

The socio-demographic features and eating pattern were assessed on 156 Ivorian students (18-34 years) from Nangui Abrogoua University. The study population was made of randomly selected students who were willing to participate to the survey. The semi-structured questionnaire was used to collect information on breakfast, lunch, and dinner consumption pattern and 24-h dietary recall to document the dietary intake. Results showed that 88% of the respondents were not used to having breakfast, while 87.70% and 94.80% would have lunch and dinner, respectively. 33.30% of the respondents claimed financial problems as a reason for skipping meals. 82% of the respondents do daily physical activity for a minimum of 30 min three times a week. 25.69% of the students with bad nutritional status including 17.95% being underweight and 7.74% overweight to the extent of obesity. Rice and "Attiéké" (cassava semolina) were the favorite foods during the three daily meals.

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