EATING HABITS OF GOVERNMENT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS

Nutrition and eating habits are closely connected, both have been of great importance for health and wellbeing in life. This paper analyzes selected eating habits among students, the causes of these habits and its impact on their health and academic performance. It is a descriptive cross sectiona...

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主要作者: Zam, Tshering Tsencho
格式: Thesis
語言:英语
出版: AUW 2025
在線閱讀:https://repository.auw.edu.bd/handle/123456789/486
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description Nutrition and eating habits are closely connected, both have been of great importance for health and wellbeing in life. This paper analyzes selected eating habits among students, the causes of these habits and its impact on their health and academic performance. It is a descriptive cross sectional study. In this study, 326 students were randomly selected from two government high schools in Thimphu, Bhutan. Data entry and analysis was done using SPSS software. Out of 326 students, 72.1% were girls and 27.9% were boys, ranging from 13 to 20 years of age. Students mid-term grade were significantly associated with dairy (P. value of 0.009), water consumption (P. value of 0.018) and age (P. value of 0.10). However overall academic performance was found to be associated with monthly family income, education level of parents, missing breakfast and lunch, junk food, meat, vegetable and canteen food consumption. This study suggests that academic performance may be dependent on consumption of water and dairy products in addition to age and gender. Health education programs should be implemented to raise awareness about food consumption and its health and academic performance.
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spelling 123456789-4862026-02-18T06:09:49Z EATING HABITS OF GOVERNMENT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Zam, Tshering Tsencho Nutrition and eating habits are closely connected, both have been of great importance for health and wellbeing in life. This paper analyzes selected eating habits among students, the causes of these habits and its impact on their health and academic performance. It is a descriptive cross sectional study. In this study, 326 students were randomly selected from two government high schools in Thimphu, Bhutan. Data entry and analysis was done using SPSS software. Out of 326 students, 72.1% were girls and 27.9% were boys, ranging from 13 to 20 years of age. Students mid-term grade were significantly associated with dairy (P. value of 0.009), water consumption (P. value of 0.018) and age (P. value of 0.10). However overall academic performance was found to be associated with monthly family income, education level of parents, missing breakfast and lunch, junk food, meat, vegetable and canteen food consumption. This study suggests that academic performance may be dependent on consumption of water and dairy products in addition to age and gender. Health education programs should be implemented to raise awareness about food consumption and its health and academic performance. 2025-07-09T05:21:45Z 2025-07-09T05:21:45Z 2020-04 Thesis https://repository.auw.edu.bd/handle/123456789/486 en application/pdf AUW
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title_fullStr EATING HABITS OF GOVERNMENT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
title_full_unstemmed EATING HABITS OF GOVERNMENT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
title_short EATING HABITS OF GOVERNMENT HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
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