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hls-12898	Jerliu, Naim; Kamberi, Haxhi; Mone, Iris; Zekaj, Drilon; Krasniqi, Pranvera; Burazeri, Genc	Sociodemographic correlates of dietary habits among university students of health sciences in Kosovo	2024	5	.pdf	application/pdf	4734	217	56	One possible explanation suggested by the authors regarding the reporting of a relatively high consumption of fruit and vegetables in their study was the considerable predominance of female respondents,10 who have been shown to be more concerned with their health compared to males.23,24 Hence, our finding on a positive association between male gender and unhealthy dietary habits is compatible with previ- ous studies.23-25 In general, a significant positive correlation has been reported between higher fruit and vegetable consumption and a deeper knowledge and more favourable attitudes toward healthy dietary habits among university students of health sciences.10 All in all, however, students of health sciences have been shown to have suboptimal compliance with healthy dietary habits including night-eating habits, irregular meal times, and especially fast food consumption.25 On another note, a previous study conducted in Kosovo in 2019 including a nationwide sample of about 2,700 adult individ- uals aged 18-69 years has reported that only about 12% of both men and women consumed five or more servings of fruits and veg- etables daily, thereby meeting the minimum daily intake recom- mended by the World Health Organization.26 Age differences aside, this is in line with our findings related to low daily consumption of fruit and vegetables among students. Sociodemographic correlates of dietary habits among university students of health sciences in Kosovo Naim Jerliu,1,2 Haxhi Kamberi,3,4 Iris Mone,5	cache/hls-12898.pdf	txt/hls-12898.txt