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Gender difference in eating and dietary habits among university students / Fazillah Bosli ... [et al.]

Healthy diet is essential for adolescents to prevent multiple diseases especially in later years of life. The purpose of this study is to determine the weight status based on body mass index (BMI) categories of a sample of undergraduate students and to examine their eating habits between gender. A t...

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Main Authors: Bosli, Fazillah, Mokhtar, Siti Fairus, Zainal Aznam, Noor Hafizah, Jamaludin, Juaini, Che Hussain, Wan Siti Esah
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Language:English
Published: 2021
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Personality tests
Higher Education
School life. Student manners and customs. Students
Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/56237/1/56237.pdf
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spelling my.uitm.ir.562372022-09-22T00:31:18Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/56237/ Gender difference in eating and dietary habits among university students / Fazillah Bosli ... [et al.] Bosli, Fazillah Mokhtar, Siti Fairus Zainal Aznam, Noor Hafizah Jamaludin, Juaini Che Hussain, Wan Siti Esah Personality tests Higher Education School life. Student manners and customs. Students Healthy diet is essential for adolescents to prevent multiple diseases especially in later years of life. The purpose of this study is to determine the weight status based on body mass index (BMI) categories of a sample of undergraduate students and to examine their eating habits between gender. A total of 240 students from the Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Kedah Branch participated in this study. A sample of 100 (41.7%) male and 140 (58.3%) female aged 18 to 20 years were randomly chosen from various faculties and programmes. Primary data collected by distributing selfadministered questionnaire and Pearson’s Chi-Square was used to examine the association between significant gender differences with their eating habits. This study showed that 78.3% of students were normal weight and 10.8% overweight (14% male compared to 8.6% female). Frequency of meal intake for snacks, fruit, fried food, and smoking history were associated with gender. 2021 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/56237/1/56237.pdf Gender difference in eating and dietary habits among university students / Fazillah Bosli ... [et al.]. (2021) In: e-Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Computing, Mathematics and Statistics (iCMS 2021), 4-5 August 2021.
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topic Personality tests
Higher Education
School life. Student manners and customs. Students
spellingShingle Personality tests
Higher Education
School life. Student manners and customs. Students
Bosli, Fazillah
Mokhtar, Siti Fairus
Zainal Aznam, Noor Hafizah
Jamaludin, Juaini
Che Hussain, Wan Siti Esah
Gender difference in eating and dietary habits among university students / Fazillah Bosli ... [et al.]
description Healthy diet is essential for adolescents to prevent multiple diseases especially in later years of life. The purpose of this study is to determine the weight status based on body mass index (BMI) categories of a sample of undergraduate students and to examine their eating habits between gender. A total of 240 students from the Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Kedah Branch participated in this study. A sample of 100 (41.7%) male and 140 (58.3%) female aged 18 to 20 years were randomly chosen from various faculties and programmes. Primary data collected by distributing selfadministered questionnaire and Pearson’s Chi-Square was used to examine the association between significant gender differences with their eating habits. This study showed that 78.3% of students were normal weight and 10.8% overweight (14% male compared to 8.6% female). Frequency of meal intake for snacks, fruit, fried food, and smoking history were associated with gender.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Bosli, Fazillah
Mokhtar, Siti Fairus
Zainal Aznam, Noor Hafizah
Jamaludin, Juaini
Che Hussain, Wan Siti Esah
author_facet Bosli, Fazillah
Mokhtar, Siti Fairus
Zainal Aznam, Noor Hafizah
Jamaludin, Juaini
Che Hussain, Wan Siti Esah
author_sort Bosli, Fazillah
title Gender difference in eating and dietary habits among university students / Fazillah Bosli ... [et al.]
title_short Gender difference in eating and dietary habits among university students / Fazillah Bosli ... [et al.]
title_full Gender difference in eating and dietary habits among university students / Fazillah Bosli ... [et al.]
title_fullStr Gender difference in eating and dietary habits among university students / Fazillah Bosli ... [et al.]
title_full_unstemmed Gender difference in eating and dietary habits among university students / Fazillah Bosli ... [et al.]
title_sort gender difference in eating and dietary habits among university students / fazillah bosli ... [et al.]
publishDate 2021
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/56237/1/56237.pdf
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