Abstract

Life in university is a time of changes in education, social life, family, emotional and eating behaviors. Objective: To compare the quality of life and nutritional status in students of first year (PA) versus students of third o more (TA) years in the Antumapu Campus, University of Chile. We assessed 98 students, 52 of PA and 46 ofTA, which completed a survey of quality of life, anthropometric variables and food consumption. Students of PA hada better perception of quality of life, sexual activity, relationship with their couple and wellbeing. Alcohol consumption was greater in students ofTA than PA (10.6g vs 6gp<0,05, respectively). Women of PA had higher brachial circumference and lower waist circumference, bicipital and tricipital skin folds (p<0.05). These results shows than in the perception of quality of life exist differences between gender and years of staying in the university. Students of PA presented a lower consumption of tobacco, alcohol and better nutritional status than student ofTA.