Association between nutrition knowledge and attitudes with intake of vegetables, fruits and dairy products among students at the Asian University for Women (AUW), Chittagong
World Health Organization reports several diet related health issues, such as malnutrition, diabetes and cancer, which are associated with unhealthy eating. Several studies have been done to understand why people eat what they eat. Spronk writes that many studies have been done to assess people’s...
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Asian University for Women, Chittagaong, Bangladesh
2022
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| description | World Health Organization reports several diet related health issues, such as
malnutrition, diabetes and cancer, which are associated with unhealthy eating. Several studies
have been done to understand why people eat what they eat. Spronk writes that many studies
have been done to assess people’s food intakes; however, few studies have been done to
explore the relationship between people’s nutrition knowledge, attitudes and healthy eating
(Spronk 2014). This study has been done to collect data on the association between AUW
student’s nutrition knowledge, attitude and food intakes. This study aims to contribute in
achieving healthy food intakes among students at Asian University for Women (AUW) for
better health outcomes.
Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted at the Asian University for Women. A total
of 102 students from all the undergraduate years (UG1-UG4) were recruited via stratified
random sampling. WHO’s standard “Nutrition Knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP)
model” questionnaire was used with some modifications to fit the context.
Results: This data showed that less than 50% of the students took vegetables, fruits and
dairy products every day. Again, less than 50% of the students had good knowledge;
whereas, most of them had positive attitude about taking good food (63.8%). Students with
poor knowledge compared to good knowledge when adjusted with attitude were less likely to
take vegetables and fruits, even though it is not statistically significant.
Conclusion: This data showed no association between nutrition knowledge and, attitudes,
with intake of vegetables, fruits and dairy products among students at the Asian University
for Women (AUW). The study recommends that basic nutrition knowledge on micro
nutrients can be provided to AUW students. |
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| spelling | 123456789-832026-02-18T06:09:56Z Association between nutrition knowledge and attitudes with intake of vegetables, fruits and dairy products among students at the Asian University for Women (AUW), Chittagong Mirza, Shafia malnutrition, diabetes and cancer, World Health Organization reports several diet related health issues, such as malnutrition, diabetes and cancer, which are associated with unhealthy eating. Several studies have been done to understand why people eat what they eat. Spronk writes that many studies have been done to assess people’s food intakes; however, few studies have been done to explore the relationship between people’s nutrition knowledge, attitudes and healthy eating (Spronk 2014). This study has been done to collect data on the association between AUW student’s nutrition knowledge, attitude and food intakes. This study aims to contribute in achieving healthy food intakes among students at Asian University for Women (AUW) for better health outcomes. Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted at the Asian University for Women. A total of 102 students from all the undergraduate years (UG1-UG4) were recruited via stratified random sampling. WHO’s standard “Nutrition Knowledge, attitude and practice (KAP) model” questionnaire was used with some modifications to fit the context. Results: This data showed that less than 50% of the students took vegetables, fruits and dairy products every day. Again, less than 50% of the students had good knowledge; whereas, most of them had positive attitude about taking good food (63.8%). Students with poor knowledge compared to good knowledge when adjusted with attitude were less likely to take vegetables and fruits, even though it is not statistically significant. Conclusion: This data showed no association between nutrition knowledge and, attitudes, with intake of vegetables, fruits and dairy products among students at the Asian University for Women (AUW). The study recommends that basic nutrition knowledge on micro nutrients can be provided to AUW students. Submitted By: Shafia Mirza Submitted to: Professor Dr Nazmul Alam May, 2017 2022-12-11T05:20:36Z 2022-12-11T05:20:36Z 2017 Thesis https://repository.auw.edu.bd/handle/123456789/83 en_US application/pdf Asian University for Women, Chittagaong, Bangladesh |
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| title | Association between nutrition knowledge and attitudes with intake of vegetables, fruits and dairy products among students at the Asian University for Women (AUW), Chittagong |
| title_full | Association between nutrition knowledge and attitudes with intake of vegetables, fruits and dairy products among students at the Asian University for Women (AUW), Chittagong |
| title_fullStr | Association between nutrition knowledge and attitudes with intake of vegetables, fruits and dairy products among students at the Asian University for Women (AUW), Chittagong |
| title_full_unstemmed | Association between nutrition knowledge and attitudes with intake of vegetables, fruits and dairy products among students at the Asian University for Women (AUW), Chittagong |
| title_short | Association between nutrition knowledge and attitudes with intake of vegetables, fruits and dairy products among students at the Asian University for Women (AUW), Chittagong |
| title_sort | association between nutrition knowledge and attitudes with intake of vegetables fruits and dairy products among students at the asian university for women auw chittagong |
| topic | malnutrition, diabetes and cancer, |
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