A survey study of nutritional awareness among students

International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences

National journal of community medicine, 2013

Background: The lives of young population are characterized by limited education, lack of knowledge pertaining to health aspects & also limited influence on decisions affecting their lives. Thus, awareness is one major factor for development of this group of population. Aim & Objectives: 1) To study awareness regarding nutrition & anaemia amongst young college going students. 2) To assess the impact of health awareness programme on knowledge of nutrition & anaemia. Materials & Method: Present cross-sectional study was conducted among representative group of 68 young girls from Mrs. N.C.Gandhi & Mrs. B.V.Gandhi Mahila Arts & Commerce College, Bhavnagar city. Pre test was carried out before beginning the programme followed by post test to assess the impact of health awareness programme. Health Awareness programme was carried out by Department of PSM, Government Medical College of Bhavnagar on 24 th January 2012 on Nutrition & anaemia. Results: The knowledge of girls regarding health aspects improved significantly after intervention. There was a considerable increase in the awareness levels of girls with regard to knowledge of nutrition & anaemia. Conclusion: The informative & educable intervention definitely has a positive effect on awareness levels which would eventually encourage expansion of knowledge & positive health habits.

https://www.ijrrjournal.com/IJRR_Vol.6_Issue.11_Nov2019/Abstract_IJRR0075.html, 2019

The present research was explored to study the effect of educational qualification on nutrition knowledge of college students. About 1000 college going population in the age group of 19-22 years were selected. Nutrition knowledge questionnaire was used to test the nutrition knowledge; interview schedule was used to obtain basic information. After obtaining the details, raw data was subjected to statistical analysis using SPSS version 20. The pre-test results showed the average score of 4.36 and among them the postgraduate students scored higher (4.99), followed by B.Sc. (4.4), B.A (4.3) and B.Com (4.0). When the F test was implied for this table, F value found to be 11.187, which is also statistically significant (p<0.001). It is also evident that a majority of the subjects (34.5%) reported media as the source to increase the nutrition knowledge. Knowledge is a powerful and essential tool to eradicate nutritional related problems. Education of the youngsters must be improved to understand about nutrition and health. Thus, we conclude the present research study stating the significance of Nutrition as an individual as: "If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have the safest way to health."

IP innovative publication pvt ltd, 2020

Nutrition knowledge is defined as knowledge of concepts and process related to nutrition and health. It includes knowledge of diet and health, diet and disease, foods representing major source of nutrients, dietary guidelines and recommendations. It plays an important role in raising awareness and ultimately health of society. The study was conducted among 60 students (30 boys and 30 girls) from all colleges of RPCAU who were residing in University hostel and studying in seventh semester. In order to extract relevant information a schedule was developed for personal interview. It was pretested before the start of the research work. For testing the nutritional knowledge, 138 questions related to nutrition impacting health were asked through developed interview schedule. To assess the nutritional status anthropometric and clinical examination were evaluated by personal meeting. Haemoglobin level was estimated by Sahliˈs method through expert lab technician. Significant difference in the knowledge level between boys and girls was observed. Knowledge level of girls was better in comparison to boys. Majority of both boys (86.66%) and girls (63.33%) were within normal BMI range. Among girls there was the case of underweight (23.33%) and overweight (13.34%). Though the percentage of underweight and overweight was opposite to the girls among boys, still there was a vast difference between underweight percentage of girls (23.33%) and boys(3.33%). majority of male and females students (28.33 & 26.66 %) having haemoglobin level in the range of 10-12g/dl followed by 21.66 percent of male comes in the range of 12-16g/dl. In case of female students, 21.66 percent having haemoglobin level in the range of 8-10g/dl and 1.66 percent in the range of 6-8g/dl. Correlation was found between nutritional knowledge and haemoglobin level of the students. Boys were having less nutrition knowledge that clearly showed negative impact on their health. Hence, it recommended that the knowledge of nutrition is utmost important for all.

Atithya: A Journal of Hospitality, 2023

In today’s world of hustle bustle, the life is quite occupied apart from just living it by good and healthy way, studying the awareness level in the society, especially in that segment of population where parents of the adolescents and the teenagers themselves, about the nutritional requirement by their body, to fulfill the demand to stay healthy, in terms of physical and psychological state in present and in future as well. Allowing the lifestyle in this regard, irrespective of other factors contributing towards life and giving preference to the healthy eating habits by including the nutritional foods in daily diets of the teenagers of our family and on the other hand teenagers also making it sure that they follow the guidelines about their nutritional requirements in the respective resources of information. This feedback from various targeted respondents was collected with the help of the survey questionnaire. It was circulated amongst mixed samples of students and parents from different places across the state of Maharashtra.

Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2011

Objective: Nutritional problem in school age children is common throughout the India. Occurrence of nutritional problems like anaemia, scurvy, ricket and protein energy malnutrition (PEM) may develop due to lack of knowledge and awareness. Poor knowledge on nutrition among children can lead to unhealthy community. The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of school-based nutrition awareness package on the development of nutritional knowledge of school children at rural areas of West Medinipur district. Material & Methods: Total 827 secondary school children were selected randomly from class VII to IX of three different schools of West Medinipur comprising 433 boys and 394 girls. To access the awareness level, a peer-reviewed, scoring system questionnaire was applied. The nutrition education was imparted through lectures, audiovisual aids and demonstrations for three months in school settings. Before and after imparting nutrition education, the changes in knowledge, attitude...

Health Scope, 2023

Background: Good nutrition is imperative to achieve a better health status. The rate of obesity and related comorbidities is increasing all over the world. The main reasons behind this worse situation are the overconsumption of food groups or exceeding the recommended portion sizes. University life is a period when students are independent in making their food choices. The chances of adopting unhealthy eating behaviors are increased during this tenure. Nutritional knowledge is an important tool in assessing the nutritional status of an individual, group, and community. Objectives: The main objective of the current study was to assess the nutritional knowledge of university-going students. Methods: The pre-tested questionnaire was used to collect the data from the students of the University of Lahore, Pakistan. A total of 300 students participated in this study (150 from the Nutrition Department and 150 from the non-nutrition departments). Demographic data, anthropometric measurements, and total nutritional knowledge (TNK) scores were measured during the 4-month study duration. Additionally, gender-and department-based comparisons of various parameters were performed. The mean TNK of the Nutrition Department students was higher (34.89 ± 0.95/58) than non-nutrition departments (24.05 ± 1.00/58) (P = 0.01). Additionally, the mean TNK of female students was higher (28.53 ± 1.28/58) than male students (27.05 ± 1.27/58) (P = 0.03). Moreover, 61% and 63% of nutrition students were familiar with the relationship between high intake of salt and fats with chronic diseases, respectively. Results: A statistically significant relationship was not observed between gender (P = 0.78) and departments (P = 0.10) with body mass index (BMI). This finding shows that nutritional knowledge alone is not a predictor of the nutritional status (BMI) of an individual. Students, even from the Nutrition Department, failed to transform their knowledge about nutrition into healthy food choices and eating practices. Conclusions: It is necessary to initiate nutrition education programs emphasizing making healthy food choices. Moreover, nutritional knowledge related to dietary guidelines should be incorporated into daily life to remove the disease burden associated with obesity.

2023

The acceleration of migration processes in Central Asia in the Bronze Age created an environment of multiculturalism. Cultural links, social and economic progress ensured the further development of the spiritual thinking of society and led to the formation of the so-called Bull civilization. Images associated with fire occupied a special place in the origin of mythological and religious views formed the spiritual basis of this civilization. The formation of fire as a divine symbol in the spiritual world of a human being or directly as a cult has undergone a long historical process. In particular, a large number of religious buildings and rituals, representing the cult of fire in Central Asia, attracts attention. Fire as a symbol of faith was valued not only in the Zoroastrian religion, which is said to have been formed in Central Asia, but also in the earlier Indo-Iranian faith – the Daevayasna religion. The fact that the place of the bonfire was preserved in the beliefs, spread in Central Asia after Zoroastrianism, is reflected in archaeological and ethnographic materials and, above all, in the cult architecture of the Bronze Age. The article deals with the revealing of the stages of the fire cult formation in Central Asia on the basis of archaeological materials and written sources. The study presents various characteristics of fire worship, "fire reverence", the symbol of which is Mitra. The authors also analyze the general and specific features of fire hymns in such sacred sources as the Avesta and the Rigveda, and shows the evolution of the cult of fire by comparing written and material sources.

Hipertensi, 2020

Triple Burden Diseases (segitiga beban penyakit) menjadi salah satu tantangan yang dihadapi dalam bidang pembangunan kesehatan. Kemunculan kembali penyakit-penyakit mematikan seperti malaria, tuberculosis, dan HIV-AIDS diperparah dengan terjadinya transisi pola penyakit yang pada awalnya didominasi oleh penyakit menular dan saat ini telah berpindah ke Penyakit Tidak Menular (PTM). Salah satu penyakit tidak menular yang saat ini menjadi prioritas dalam dunia kesehatan secara global adalah hipertensi. Berdasarkan rekomendasi Join National Committee dalam The Eighth Report of Join National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation and Treatment of High Blood Pressure menyatakan bahwa tekanan darah tinggi (hipertensi) merupakan suatu keadaan dimana tekanan darah seseorang ≥140 mmHg (sistolik) dan/atau ≥ 90 mmHg (Michael et al, 2014)