Ibrahim, Zalila
(2013)
Eating behaviour and lifestyle among School of Health Sciences students of Universiti Sains Malaysia.
Masters thesis, Universiti Sains Malaysia.
Abstract
Eating habits and lifestyle factors are among the main determinants of body weight
status. Students are among people that having problem in healthy eating habits and
lifestyles. The purpose of this study were to determine the relationship between parents'
income, eating habits, lifestyle factors and body weight status among School of Health
Sciences students of USM. This study used cross sectional and quantitative design using
random stratified sampling method. A total of 204 respondents were involved in this
study. The questionnaire which adapted from Ayranci et al. 2010 including items related
to sociodemographic characteristics, eating habits and lifestyle factors. The data were
evaluated using percentage ratios, correlation tests and one-way ANOV A test. SPSS
version 20.0 was used and results were considered significant at p < 0.05. Students of
normal weight were 71.1 %, 13.7% were underweight while 15.2% were overweight.
Percentage of students who had good eating habits was 83.3% while lifestyle was
moderately scored (43.3%). Significant correlation was found between eating habits and
body weight status using Pearson correlation (p = 0.004). Correlation between lifestyle
factors and body weight status was also significant using Pearson correlation (p < 0.001 ).
There was a significant mean difference between parents' income and body weight status
(p = 0.003). This study suggests that health care providers should take a prevention step
to improve the awareness of the students regarding knowledge for healthy eating habits
and lifestyles.
Actions (login required)
 |
View Item |
