Abstract

In recent years, college students' physical health problems have been widely concerned. In this study, we conducted an empirical analysis by collecting the questionnaire from 181 college students. Through the questionnaire survey, results show that the physique healthy overall situation is better in sports specialized university, we find that nutrients on health effects from large to small is as follows: sugar, polyphenol, folic acid, tryptophan, vitamin B6, amino butyric acid, fatty acids, calcium; professional sports college students eat crab, spinach, fish, honey, meat, dairy products, cocoa, tea preference can establish better health. Regression model shows that there is a positive correlation, the greater the degree of preference, physical health is better.

Keywords:

College students, food, nutrition, physical health, professional sports,

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