Vol. 6 Issue 1
Year:2016
Issue:Feb-Apr
Title:Faulty Eating Pattern Among Adolescents Of Junior College, S'o'a University
Author Name:Sailabala Mohanty and Epsita Biswal
Synopsis:
Today adolescent and youth account to 1.8 billion of the total world’s population and the future economic development of the country rests on future adults who are healthy enough. Nutritious food is required to maintain an optimum health during the adolescence. But peer pressure is very high during this period. They need to be in step with the trends but they belong to the peer group taking in non-nutritious foods like pizzas, burgers, coffees, aerated drinks, chocolates and also other roadside junk foods. They may also start skipping meals or possibly under-eat or over-eat developing poor eating habits. A descriptive approach was undertaken in this study. 100 samples are selected using a non-probability convenient sampling technique. Data were collected through questionnaires and rating scales. Data were analysed by descriptive and inferential statistics. The study reveals that, 23% samples have poor eating habits, 74% have fair, and only 3% belong to the excellent eating habits group. The study also find out that, there is a negative co-relation between the eating habits and the eating disorders as the r value is (-0.061) and also a highly significant difference was found between the eating habits with age, sex and Body Mass Index (p<0.05).
Year:2016
Issue:Feb-Apr
Title:Faulty Eating Pattern Among Adolescents Of Junior College, S'o'a University
Author Name:Sailabala Mohanty and Epsita Biswal
Synopsis:
Today adolescent and youth account to 1.8 billion of the total world’s population and the future economic development of the country rests on future adults who are healthy enough. Nutritious food is required to maintain an optimum health during the adolescence. But peer pressure is very high during this period. They need to be in step with the trends but they belong to the peer group taking in non-nutritious foods like pizzas, burgers, coffees, aerated drinks, chocolates and also other roadside junk foods. They may also start skipping meals or possibly under-eat or over-eat developing poor eating habits. A descriptive approach was undertaken in this study. 100 samples are selected using a non-probability convenient sampling technique. Data were collected through questionnaires and rating scales. Data were analysed by descriptive and inferential statistics. The study reveals that, 23% samples have poor eating habits, 74% have fair, and only 3% belong to the excellent eating habits group. The study also find out that, there is a negative co-relation between the eating habits and the eating disorders as the r value is (-0.061) and also a highly significant difference was found between the eating habits with age, sex and Body Mass Index (p<0.05).
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