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Abstract：
Commercial environments and food acquisition methods significantly shape dietary practices and impact health. This study assesses dietary choices among Portuguese university students regarding vending machines, canteens, and lunches from home. It also evaluates their use of the university canteen and their tendency to bring lunch from home. This pilot cross-sectional study used a self-administered electronic questionnaire, made available in early 2023. Participants were recruited through snowball sampling. The study included 137 students from Portuguese higher education institutions, mainly women (74.5%), pursuing degrees or integrated Master\'s degrees (83.2%), primarily in health-related fields (55.5%). The median age was 21 years (20 to 23.5 years). About 70.0% regularly consumed food from vending machines, while approximately 60.0% brought lunch from home, avoiding the canteen. Factors such as convenience (48.5%), price (47.5%), product availability (40.6%), and taste (39.6%) mainly influenced vending machine choices. Monthly, chocolates, water, coffee, cookies, treats, and soft drinks were the most commonly acquired items, with coffee being the most frequent daily purchase. These findings provide insights for creating policies and initiatives to promote healthier and more accessible food options for students and strategies to encourage positive eating behaviors.
摘要：
商业环境和食物获取方法显着影响饮食习惯并影响健康。这项研究评估了葡萄牙大学生关于自动售货机的饮食选择，食堂,在家吃午饭.它还评估了他们对大学食堂的使用以及他们从家里带午餐的倾向。这项试点横断面研究使用了自我管理的电子问卷，2023年初提供。通过滚雪球抽样招募参与者。这项研究包括来自葡萄牙高等教育机构的137名学生，主要是女性(74.5%)，追求学位或综合硕士学位(83.2%)，主要在健康相关领域(55.5%)。中位年龄为21岁（20至23.5岁）。大约70.0%的人经常从自动售货机消费食物，大约60.0%的人从家里带午餐，避开食堂。便利性等因素(48.5%)，价格（47.5%），产品可用性（40.6%），和味道(39.6%)主要影响自动售货机的选择。每月,巧克力,水,咖啡,饼干,对待,软饮料是最常见的食品，咖啡是最常见的日常购买。这些发现为制定政策和举措提供了见解，以促进学生更健康，更容易获得的食物选择以及鼓励积极饮食行为的策略。
