129552 20251009133839.0 doi 10.3390/foods12214030 sideral 135853 ART-2023-135853 eng Lucha-López, María Orosia Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-9930-3903 Determinants of Consumption of Vegetables among the Spanish Population: A Cross-Sectional Study 2023 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted The consumption of vegetables is one of the fundamentals of a healthy diet. The purposes of the present study were to describe the frequency of consumption of vegetables in the general Spanish population and to explore the relations between the consumption of vegetables and sex, age, cohabitation circumstances, educational level, and body mass index (BMI). Methods: An analytical cross-sectional study was accomplished based on data from the European Health Survey in Spain (2020). Results: A total of 20,745 (52.1% women) subjects with a median age of 54 years old were included. Only 2.8% of them ate vegetables at least three times a day. The adjusted generalized linear model showed that being a woman increased the odds of consuming vegetables at least three times a day by 1.666 times (p < 0.001). Not cohabiting as a couple decreased the odds by 0.783 (p < 0.001). Having studied at a university increased the odds by 1.812 times (p < 0.001) and possessing a certificate of higher education by 1.408 (p = 0.030). Being overweight decreased the odds by 0.924 (p = 0.006). For every additional year of age, the odds of consuming vegetables at least three times a day increased by 1.3% (p < 0.001). Conclusions: The vast majority of the general Spanish population did not consume an optimal amount of vegetables. Women, people with higher levels of education, and older individuals reported having a more frequent intake of vegetables. Not cohabiting as a couple and being overweight were related to a less frequent intake of vegetables. info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.es 4.7 2023 FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 38 / 173 = 0.22 2023 Q1 T1 0.87 2023 Food Science 2023 Q1 Health (social science) 2023 Q1 Plant Science 2023 Q1 Health Professions (miscellaneous) 2023 Q1 Microbiology 2023 Q2 7.4 2023 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Hidalgo-García, César Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0001-7667-2178 Lucha-López, Ana Carmen Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-8399-130X Monti-Ballano, Sofía Universidad de Zaragoza Márquez-Gonzalvo, Sergio Universidad de Zaragoza Ferrández-Laliena, Loreto Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-6604-2751 Tricás-Vidal, Héctor José Tricás-Moreno, José Miguel Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-3583-5206 1006 255 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Fisiatría y Enfermería Área Enfermería 1006 413 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Fisiatría y Enfermería Área Fisioterapia 12, 21 (2023), 4030 [12 pp.] Foods Foods 2304-8158 315355 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/129552/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 2759890 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/129552/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:129552 articulos driver 2025-10-09-13:25:47 ARTICLE