Psychological meaning of eating meat, vegetarianism and healthy diet in university students

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The article discusses the psychological meaning of meat consumption and vegetarianism for University students in Chile. In Chile it was found that most meals are centered on a meat dish, especially at dinner. Chile has also had a recent increase in diseases that are caused by nutritionally inadequate lifestyles, including lack of exercise.
The study conducted was looking at 30 men and 30 women who are students with majors such as: accounting, nursing, speech therapy, psychology, medical technology and occupational therapy. They were all given a food frequency questionnaire and a word association test, where there was a word and they were given options of words that might be associated with the original word and then they were to rank them one through five. They did this in their classes and it was said it took about 15 minutes to complete.
 Men associated protein with roasted, chicken and beef and associated meat with rich and delicious the most often. Women associated protein with meat and associated beef and chicken with cholesterol and low energy. The vegetarian men associated healthy with lettuce, hippie, and thin and women associated healthy with respect, wellness and balance. Protein stands out to both genders as something associated with meat. Women seems to list specific foods while men had more abstract answers and more distant. Overall, both genders feel that a vegetarian diet is health but for further studies the living factors of the individuals should also be looked at.  

Ligia María, O., José Andrés, S., & Marianela, D. (2013). Psychological meaning of eating meat, vegetarianism and healthy diet in university students: a natural semantic network study.Revista Mexicana De Trastornos Alimentarios, (1), 15.
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