Rosdee, Intan Nor Zaimisha (2024) The relationship between food access to fruits and vegetables, body mass index (bmi), and fast-food consumption behaviour among health sciences undergraduate students in Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Kelantan. Project Report. Universiti Sains Malaysia. (Submitted)
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Abstract
This study aimed to investigate the relationship between food access to fruits and vegetables, body mass index (BMI), and fast-food consumption behaviour among health sciences undergraduate students in Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Kelantan. This study was a cross-sectional study using convenience sampling technique. Data were collected from March 2024 until May 2024 through online Google Form which consisted of sociodemographic characteristics, food access to fruits and vegetables section and fast-food consumption behaviour section. A total of 99 respondents were participated in this research. Majority of participants were female (77.8%) and Malay (71.7%). Most respondents were students from year 3 from School of Health Sciences (PPSK). The result showed that 89.9% of the respondents do not has any problem in accessing food while only 10.1% does have problem in accessing food. For body mass index (BMI) category, 19.2% was identified as underweight, 47.5% was normal weight, 20.2% was overweight and another 13.1% was identified as obese. Regarding fast-food consumption behaviour, 45.5% of respondents reported that they have high fast-food consumption. However, there is no significant relationship between food access to fruits and vegetables and fast-food consumption behaviour tested using Fisher’s Exact test as p-value > 0.05 (p=0.178). Meanwhile, there is no significant relationship between BMI and fast-food consumption behaviour tested by using Pearson’s Chi-Square test as p-value > 0.05 (p=0.866).
| Item Type: | Monograph (Project Report) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | food access |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) > R5-920 Medicine (General) R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine |
| Divisions: | Kampus Kesihatan (Health Campus) > Pusat Pengajian Sains Kesihatan (School of Health Sciences) > Monograph |
| Depositing User: | Mr Husnan Budin |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Feb 2025 08:26 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Mar 2025 07:27 |
| URI: | http://eprints.usm.my/id/eprint/61616 |
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