Conocimiento sobre el consumo de frutas y verduras: comparación entre consumidores portugueses y franceses

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https://doi.org/10.29352/mill0220e.40089

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hábitos alimentários; consumo de frutas; consumo de verduras; dieta saludable; diferencias entre países

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Introducción: Se fomenta el consumo regular de frutas y verduras en las dosis recomendadas como forma de lograr un buen estado de salud para luchar contra las enfermedades crónicas, las enfermedades neurodegenerativas y el cáncer. Sin embargo, en los sistemas alimentarios industrializados actuales, existe una tendencia a consumir cantidades menores de estos alimentos, lo que da lugar a problemas y cargas complejas para la salud pública.

Objetivo: Investigar el nivel de conocimiento sobre el efecto del consumo de frutas y verduras en la salud humana en una muestra de participantes franceses y portugueses.

Métodos: Se realizó una encuesta transversal de tipo cuestionario en ambos países, en 2020-2021. El cuestionario contenía once preguntas que debían responderse en una escala Likert de 5 puntos de desacuerdo/acuerdo, que variaba de 1 (totalmente en desacuerdo) a 5 (totalmente de acuerdo). Un total de 640 participantes respondieron el cuestionario, de los cuales 383 eran de origen francés y 257 de origen portugués.

Resultados: Los resultados mostraron que una parte importante de los participantes (60,3%) está informada sobre los efectos del consumo de verduras y frutas en la lucha contra el cáncer, la diabetes, la hipertensión arterial o las enfermedades cardiovasculares. Además, la mayoría de los participantes (77,2%) sabe que estos alimentos son ricos en micronutrientes como vitaminas y minerales o compuestos bioactivos beneficiosos para el buen funcionamiento del cuerpo humano. Sin embargo, un número considerable necesita mejorar sus conocimientos, ya que esto es más evidente entre los participantes portugueses que entre los franceses (33,8% de desinformados en Portugal frente al 15,5% en Francia).

Conclusión: El conocimiento de los participantes es insuficiente, por lo que se necesitan más acciones para aumentar el conocimiento como forma de incentivar el consumo real de frutas y verduras, con el fin de cumplir con las pautas de una alimentación saludable.

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2025-10-10

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Florença, S., Gonçalves, J., Lemos, E., Lima, M. J., Amaro da Costa, C., & Guiné, R. (2025). Conocimiento sobre el consumo de frutas y verduras: comparación entre consumidores portugueses y franceses. Millenium - Journal of Education, Technologies, and Health, 2(20e), e40089. https://doi.org/10.29352/mill0220e.40089

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Ciencias Agrarias, Alimentares y Veterinarias