The influence of office employees' eating behaviour due to stress: the case of Universiti Malaysia Sabah office employees

Dg. Khairunisa Ahmad Sapawi and Ng, Hui Ming (2021) The influence of office employees' eating behaviour due to stress: the case of Universiti Malaysia Sabah office employees. Bulletin of Culinary Art and Hospitality, 1. pp. 33-41. ISSN 2797-8249

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Abstract

It is common for stressful people to seek relief through eating their favourite foods or comfort foods. However, these foods can be unhealthy if taken too frequently. The study focuses on determining the university office employees’ choice of comfort foods and investigating the influence of stress on their eating behaviours. Among all of Universiti Malaysia Sabah office employees, 337 were selected through stratified sampling. Self-administered questionnaires were used to collect data. Descriptive and one-way ANOVA analysis were used. Findings showed most respondents were within medium level of stress. Based on the findings of IES, the differences on stress levels on respondents’ comfort food intake were significant (F (2, 334) =8.71, p lower than 0.05). However, respondents are found to enjoy consuming comfort foods regardless of stress levels and will choose comfort foods to satisfy hunger. This highlights the importance of diet intervention to be included as a component in stress management as to aid the prevention of diet-related diseases among the university office employees.

Item Type:	Article
Keyword:	Comfort food , Stress , Office employees , Intuitive eating scale
Subjects:	G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GT Manners and customs > GT1-7070 Manners and customs (General) > GT2400-3390.5 Customs relative to private life Including children, marriage, eating and drinking, funeral customs, etc. R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA1-1270 Public aspects of medicine > RA421-790.95 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive medicine > RA601-602 Food and food supply in relation to public health
Department:	FACULTY > Faculty of Food Science and Nutrition
Depositing User:	SAFRUDIN BIN DARUN -
Date Deposited:	21 Aug 2021 12:06
Last Modified:	21 Aug 2021 12:06
URI:	https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/30239

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