Tee, Kai Shin (2009) Disparity between healthy eating and healthy living awareness and practice amongst university students on self-catering. Universiti Malaysia Sabah. (Unpublished)
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Abstract
This study aimed to determine disparity between healthy eating and healthy living awareness and practice amongst university students on self-catering. A number of 95 Universiti Malaysia Sabah students with mean age of 23.02±O.99 years who were living off campus had participated in this study. Average of 7.52±1.44 persons were staying in each rented house. Students completed self-administered questionnaire on demographics, nutritional knowledge, Food Frequency Questionnaire, healthy living awareness and practice. Result shows that students comprised three school clusters namely health cluster (n= 29, 30.50%), science and technology cluster (n=45, 47.40%), arts and humanities cluster (n=21, 22.10%). Students were categorised to poor (n=16, 16.84%), satisfactory (n=37, 38.95%), good (n=39, 41.05%) and excellent (n=3, 3.16%) on nutritional knowledge. Percentage of recommended energy intake achieved by students with satisfactory nutritional knowledge was significantly higher than students with poor, good and excellent nutritional knowledge (p=O.029). Percentage of recommended nutrient intake (RNI) achieved for protein, calcium, iron, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, niacin, vitamin C and percentage of energy comprising of carbohydrate and fat intakes were not significantly different between different nutritional knowledge levels. Better nutritional knowledge does not lead to healthier eating practice. A number of 53 (55.79%) students had healthy living awareness while 44.21% of them did not and 48 (50.53%) students practised healthy living practice while 49.47% did not. Healthy living awareness was not significantly associated with healthy living practice (X2=3.042, p=0.081). Disparity did exist between healthy eating and healthy living awareness and practice amongst these students. Nutrition intervention in university students should be encouraged to promote healthier diets and lifestyles.
| Item Type: | Academic Exercise |
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| Keyword: | Health, Healthy eating, Healthy living awareness, Students, Nutritional knowledge, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, UMS |
| Subjects: | T Technology > TX Home economics > TX1-1110 Home economics > TX341-641 Nutrition. Foods and food supply |
| Department: | SCHOOL > School of Food Science and Nutrition |
| Depositing User: | ADMIN ADMIN |
| Date Deposited: | 22 Jun 2012 09:30 |
| Last Modified: | 24 Oct 2017 14:59 |
| URI: | https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/4353 |
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