THE INFLUENCE OF NUTRITION EDUCATION ON DIETARY PATTERN AND EATING HABITS AMONG FEMALE STUDENTS OF THE FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC, ILARO.

Alaba, K.E (2018) THE INFLUENCE OF NUTRITION EDUCATION ON DIETARY PATTERN AND EATING HABITS AMONG FEMALE STUDENTS OF THE FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC, ILARO. Nigerian Journal of Tropical Agriculture, 18. pp. 145-154. ISSN 1595-5559

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Abstract

The study was designed to assess the influence of nutrition education on dietary pattern and eating habit among female students in the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro. The specific objectives are to assess the socio-economic status of female students of the Federal Polytechnic Ilaro, to evaluate the sources of nutrition education knowledge of the female students and to establish the relationship between knowledge of nutrition education, dietary pattern and eating habit among the female students, A total of 150 questionnaires were administered on 150 female students randomly selected from the East and West campuses of the Federal Polytechnic Ilaro. Findings revealed that (49%) of the respondent were within the age group of 23-27 years, majority (95.33%) were knowledgeable about the fact that nutrition education can affect their eating habits while food intake was affected by the monthly allowance allocated to them. 85% of the respondent have monthly income between #4000-5000. A flawed meal pattern was observed among the female students which are characterized by skipping breakfast, replacing lunch with snacks and eating out and food intake was at (50%) due to their monthly allowances while consumption of animal protein was low at (16%) . Standard deviation test revealed that there was an intermediate relationship between dietary pattern and eating habit based on the mean (1.89 ≈ 2). The table of level of significance based on the analysis also showed that (x-tab) was 3.84 approximately 4 at 5% confidence level (P < 0.05) suggesting that out of every ten (10) female students at least four (4) of them have basic knowledge about their dietary pattern and eating habit. This project concludes that Female students were knowledgeable about nutrition education, they get information about healthy foods from the internet. Despite these facts, majority of the students cannot describe their eating habit as healthy due to the fact that they skip meal and snack frequently. Therefore female students need to improve their dietary pattern so as to meet their dietary needs and prevent deficiencies of nutrients.

Item Type:	Article
Subjects:	Q Science > Q Science (General)
Divisions:	Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences > School of Biological Sciences
Depositing User:	Mr Taiwo Egbeyemi
Date Deposited:	19 Jun 2020 14:10
Last Modified:	19 Jun 2020 14:10
URI:	http://eprints.federalpolyilaro.edu.ng/id/eprint/642

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