A survey on eating habits, lifestyle and weight status of Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Cawangan Terengganu Kampus Dungun students / Siti Salmiah Che Hasan and Aliah Basirah Baseri
This research aims to study the eating habits, lifestyle and weight status among students in UiTM Cawangan Terengganu Kampus Dungun. This research applied a quantitative method by using a questionnaire survey as a method of data collection. The questionnaire is distributed among the student randomly...
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my.uitm.ir.984112024-08-24T17:32:49Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/98411/ A survey on eating habits, lifestyle and weight status of Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Cawangan Terengganu Kampus Dungun students / Siti Salmiah Che Hasan and Aliah Basirah Baseri Che Hasan, Siti Salmiah Baseri, Aliah Basirah Study and teaching. Research This research aims to study the eating habits, lifestyle and weight status among students in UiTM Cawangan Terengganu Kampus Dungun. This research applied a quantitative method by using a questionnaire survey as a method of data collection. The questionnaire is distributed among the student randomly with total correspondent of 331 out of 346 students and percentage of responded rate is 95.7% that able to complete the questionnaire without error. The findings of the study show that students eating habits in term of drinking soft drinks and eating while watching television or playing gadget lead to weight status of the respondents. Meanwhile, other eating habits such as meal intake, breakfast, fruit and vegetable, fatty food intake, and stress are not associated with students’ weight status. For the lifestyle, the involvement in physical activity and types of physical activity involved give an impact to the weight status of respondents regardless with smoking history. There is some limitation in this study which it only involves one university from Terengganu and from previous study, an anthropometric measurement are used to measure the height and weight of respondents to measure their body mass index (BMI). This study provides knowledge and implication to the student of UiTM Dungun to learn on weight status and the importance of knowing BMI as a precaution to practice good lifestyle and eating habits while reducing risk of having a chronic disease. These findings may be used by any other parties as a reference in future. 2019 Thesis NonPeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/98411/1/98411.pdf A survey on eating habits, lifestyle and weight status of Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Cawangan Terengganu Kampus Dungun students / Siti Salmiah Che Hasan and Aliah Basirah Baseri. (2019) Degree thesis, thesis, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Terengganu. |
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This research aims to study the eating habits, lifestyle and weight status among students in UiTM Cawangan Terengganu Kampus Dungun. This research applied a quantitative method by using a questionnaire survey as a method of data collection. The questionnaire is distributed among the student randomly with total correspondent of 331 out of 346 students and percentage of responded rate is 95.7% that able to complete the questionnaire without error. The findings of the study show that students eating habits in term of drinking soft drinks and eating while watching television or playing gadget lead to weight status of the respondents. Meanwhile, other eating habits such as meal intake, breakfast, fruit and vegetable, fatty food intake, and stress are not associated with students’ weight status. For the lifestyle, the involvement in physical activity and types of physical activity involved give an impact to the weight status of respondents regardless with smoking history. There is some limitation in this study which it only involves one university from Terengganu and from previous study, an anthropometric measurement are used to measure the height and weight of respondents to measure their body mass index (BMI). This study provides knowledge and implication to the student of UiTM Dungun to learn on weight status and the importance of knowing BMI as a precaution to practice good lifestyle and eating habits while reducing risk of having a chronic disease. These findings may be used by any other parties as a reference in future. |
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A survey on eating habits, lifestyle and weight status of Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Cawangan Terengganu Kampus Dungun students / Siti Salmiah Che Hasan and Aliah Basirah Baseri |
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A survey on eating habits, lifestyle and weight status of Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Cawangan Terengganu Kampus Dungun students / Siti Salmiah Che Hasan and Aliah Basirah Baseri |
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A survey on eating habits, lifestyle and weight status of Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Cawangan Terengganu Kampus Dungun students / Siti Salmiah Che Hasan and Aliah Basirah Baseri |
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A survey on eating habits, lifestyle and weight status of Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Cawangan Terengganu Kampus Dungun students / Siti Salmiah Che Hasan and Aliah Basirah Baseri |
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A survey on eating habits, lifestyle and weight status of Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Cawangan Terengganu Kampus Dungun students / Siti Salmiah Che Hasan and Aliah Basirah Baseri |
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