[en] Introduction: Young university students are at a vital stage in their knowledge and maturity. It is vital to know their healthy habits and practices in order to become aware of possible deficiencies and to guide them towards a better practice that does not compromise their health in the future with the appearance of noncommunicable diseases. These university students will suffer changes during their time at university, such as living outside the family home, preparing their own food or sharing a flat with other people, all of which may modify their habits and customs, as well as being guided by non-formal nutritional information, which may endanger the healthy patterns they had acquired in childhood. Objectives: To describe the habits and behaviors related to the feeding of university students and to analyze if there are differences according to sex, BMI, type of degree and habitual residence. Methodology: Descriptive transversal observational study of a sample of 465 students from the Ferrol Campus, corresponding to the UDC. The data were collected through a survey in the different faculties of the campus asking anthropometric data, age, sex, autonomous community of origin, degree being studied and 37 questions on healthy habits and behaviours. The responses received were analysed with the SPSS statistical package version 24.0. Results: The change in their lives that access to university implies has an impact on their habits, given that they change their customs and practices. The consumption of sugar-rich foods by students who do not live in their usual residence increases, as does alcohol consumption. The majority participation of women in the survey is demonstrated, and it is reaffirmed as the most numerous gender studying at university. Conclusions: From the first studies carried out in the Ferrol campus and serves to know the peculiarities of the university population, as well as the characteristics of the university that influence the individual. With this information, intervention programs and recommendations can be designed to improve those unhealthy behaviors of the university population.

[gl] Introducción: Os mozos universitarios atópanse nunha etapa vital para o seu coñecemento e maduración, é vital coñecer os seus hábitos e prácticas saudables para decatarse das posibles carencias e levalos cara unha mellor praxe que non comprometa a súa saúde nun fututro coa aparición de enfermidades non trasmisibles. Estes universitarios sufrirán cambios na súa etapa na universidade, como a vivencia fora do domicilio familiar, preparar a súa propia comida ou compartir piso con outras persoas. Todo isto poderá modificar os seus hábitos e costumes, o igual que se guiarán por información nutricional non formal, que pode poñer en perigo os patróns saudables que tiñan aprendidos na infancia. Obxectivos: Describir os hábitos e condutas relacionadas ca alimentación dos universitarios e analizar se existen diferenzas en función do sexo, IMC, tipo de titulación e residencia habitual. Metodoloxía: Estudio observacional transversal descritivo dunha mostra de 465 alumnos do Campus de Ferrol, correspondente a UDC. Os datos recolleronse a través dunha enquisa nas diferentes facultades do campus na que se preguntaban datos antropométricos, idade, sexo, comunidade autónoma de procedencia, titulación que cursaban e 37 preguntas sobre hábitos e condutas saudables. As respostas recibidas analizaronse co paquete estatístico SPSS versión 24.0. Resultados: O cambio que supón na súa vida o acceso a universidade repercute nos seus hábitos, xa que cambian os seus costumes e as suas prácticas. Aumenta o consumo de alimentos ricos en azucre dos estudantes que non residen na sua residencia habitual, tamén aumenta o consumo de alcohol. Demóstrase a participación maioritaria de mulleres na enquisa e reafirmanse como o xénero máis numeroso cursando estudos universitarios. Conclusións: Dos primeiros estudos que se realizan no Campus de Ferrol e serve para coñecer as peculiaridades da poboación universitaria e como as características da universidade inflúen no individuo. Con esta información, podense diseñar programas de intervención e recomendacións para mellorar esas condutas non saudables da poboación universitaria.