Stimulus of socio-cultural factors, internalization, food choice and eating pattern / Mohd Azmin Akbarruddin and Zulhan Othman

This paper reports the empirical investigation which examines the perception of young women on socio-cultural factors, internalization, and their food choices and eating pattern and comparing the differences of those factors toward body image based on their marital status. Through a descriptive rese...

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Main Authors: Akbarruddin, Mohd Azmin, Othman, Zulhan
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description This paper reports the empirical investigation which examines the perception of young women on socio-cultural factors, internalization, and their food choices and eating pattern and comparing the differences of those factors toward body image based on their marital status. Through a descriptive research design using a quantitative method with self-reported and self-administered questionnaires, this study surveyed the young single and married women with an age range from 18 to 35 years old. Results revealed that socio-cultural factors specifically parents, peers and media influence the young women concern of the body image and desire to be having an ideal body figure also influence their food choices and eating patterns. Also, the internalization and perceived pressure to some extent affect the young women body image dissatisfaction and single women exhibit more concern on body figure, social pressure and sources of information on ideal body image and consequently influence their food selection and eating pattern compared the young married women.
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spelling my.uitm.ir-206142018-07-17T03:48:30Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/20614/ Stimulus of socio-cultural factors, internalization, food choice and eating pattern / Mohd Azmin Akbarruddin and Zulhan Othman jthca Akbarruddin, Mohd Azmin Othman, Zulhan Environmental conditions. Environmental quality. Environmental indicators. Environmental degradation Customs relative to public and social life This paper reports the empirical investigation which examines the perception of young women on socio-cultural factors, internalization, and their food choices and eating pattern and comparing the differences of those factors toward body image based on their marital status. Through a descriptive research design using a quantitative method with self-reported and self-administered questionnaires, this study surveyed the young single and married women with an age range from 18 to 35 years old. Results revealed that socio-cultural factors specifically parents, peers and media influence the young women concern of the body image and desire to be having an ideal body figure also influence their food choices and eating patterns. Also, the internalization and perceived pressure to some extent affect the young women body image dissatisfaction and single women exhibit more concern on body figure, social pressure and sources of information on ideal body image and consequently influence their food selection and eating pattern compared the young married women. 2014 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/20614/1/AJ_MOHD%20AZMIN%20AKBARRUDDIN%20JTHCA%2014.pdf Stimulus of socio-cultural factors, internalization, food choice and eating pattern / Mohd Azmin Akbarruddin and Zulhan Othman. (2014) Journal of Tourism, Hospitality & Culinary Arts (JTHCA) <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Journal_of_Tourism,_Hospitality_=26_Culinary_Arts_=28JTHCA=29/>, 6 (2). ISSN 1985-8914 ; 2590-3837 https://www.jthca.org/
spellingShingle Environmental conditions. Environmental quality. Environmental indicators. Environmental degradation
Customs relative to public and social life
Akbarruddin, Mohd Azmin
Othman, Zulhan
Stimulus of socio-cultural factors, internalization, food choice and eating pattern / Mohd Azmin Akbarruddin and Zulhan Othman
title Stimulus of socio-cultural factors, internalization, food choice and eating pattern / Mohd Azmin Akbarruddin and Zulhan Othman
title_full Stimulus of socio-cultural factors, internalization, food choice and eating pattern / Mohd Azmin Akbarruddin and Zulhan Othman
title_fullStr Stimulus of socio-cultural factors, internalization, food choice and eating pattern / Mohd Azmin Akbarruddin and Zulhan Othman
title_full_unstemmed Stimulus of socio-cultural factors, internalization, food choice and eating pattern / Mohd Azmin Akbarruddin and Zulhan Othman
title_short Stimulus of socio-cultural factors, internalization, food choice and eating pattern / Mohd Azmin Akbarruddin and Zulhan Othman
title_sort stimulus of socio-cultural factors, internalization, food choice and eating pattern / mohd azmin akbarruddin and zulhan othman
topic Environmental conditions. Environmental quality. Environmental indicators. Environmental degradation
Customs relative to public and social life
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/20614/1/AJ_MOHD%20AZMIN%20AKBARRUDDIN%20JTHCA%2014.pdf
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