Nutritional Habits Among College Students

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Nutritional Habits Among College Students
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Purpose

• To measure the amount of knowledge that college
  students have on nutrition.
• To measure the attitudes and behaviors that
  college students have associated with nutrition.
• To compare the results of the three variables to
  determine the amount of association between them.

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Study Population

• 50 college students who attended Kaskaskia
  College which is located in Centralia, Illinois.

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Demographics

• Gender
• Females - 22
• Males - 28
• Race
• White - 41
• Black - 9
• Other - 0

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Demographics

• Class Rank
• Freshman - 32
• Sophomore - 18
• Age
• (18-20) - 24
• (21-22) - 11
• (22 Up) - 15

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Demographics

• Gee 201
• Yes - 35
• No - 15

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Data Collection

• Dispersed 50 surveys to college students at
  Kaskaskia College.
• Sample - Haphazard or convenient random sampling.

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Analysis Methods

• 1. Likert totals for the attitude and behavior
  items.
• 2. Means for each individual attitude and
  behavior item.
• 3. Scored the knowledge items cummulatively and
  individually.
• 4. Mean score of all knowledge items added
  together.

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Analysis Method

• 5. Frequency number for each of the demographics.
• 6. Cross tabulation of some demographics to
  similar knowledge, attitude, and behavior items.
• 7. Cross tabulation of whether or not the
  respondents took a basic health class affected
  their knowledge.

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Implications

• The study showed that there needs to be a greater
  emphasis on nutritional background that is taught
  to youth during grade school years.
• The study showed significance because the eating
  habits of men/women develop during the college
  years often follow them into their 20s and 30s.

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Implications

• Findings suggest a need for learning
  opportunities focusing on food selection, meal
  planning, and food preparation in the context of
  a total daily diet.

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Conclusions

• Level of improvement concerning the knowledge
  questions is respondents had a lower score than
  compared to the attitude and behavior questions.
• Level of awareness has improved over the years,
  however there is a need for improvement for the
  future.

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