NUTRITIONAL STATUS, KNOWLEDGE AND FOOD HABIT OF FEMALE STUDENTS RESIDING IN THE FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC ILARO HOSTEL

Adepoju, A. B and Gabriel, E. (2019) NUTRITIONAL STATUS, KNOWLEDGE AND FOOD HABIT OF FEMALE STUDENTS RESIDING IN THE FEDERAL POLYTECHNIC ILARO HOSTEL. In: 4th National Development Conference of The School of Pure and Applied Science, The Federal Polytechnic Ilaro, 2nd – 5th December, 2019, The Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro.

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Abstract

Nutritional knowledge is one of the important factors for the selection and consumption of adequate diet which improve the nutritional status of an individual. The present study assessed the nutritional status, knowledge and food habit of two hundred female students selected using a multistage sampling technique from The Federal Polytechnic Ilaro. Using a semi-structured and interviewer administered questionnaire data on socio-demographic, food habit and nutritional knowledge of the respondent was obtained. Anthropometry measurement was taken, Body Mass Index (BMI) was calculated and data obtained were classified using World Health Organization (WHO) standard. Statistical package for social sciences (spss v.20.0) was used for data analysis. Majority of the students were between the age brackets of 18-21 years (64.0%), belong to Yoruba ethnic group (90.5%) and practice Christian religion (64.5%). Meal skipping was common among the respondents (58.0%) and this was attributed to their engagement in various school activities. Using BMI, more than half (69.7%) of the respondents has normal nutritional status, while 11.4% and 10.9% were under-weight and over-weight respectively. Less than half (41.0%) of the respondents has a very good knowledge of nutrition, while others were rated as good (47.0%), average (11.0%) and poor (1.0%). Significant association (p<0.05) was observed between the nutritional status and some socio-demographic characteristics of the respondent and between the nutritional knowledge and some sociodemographic characteristics. In conclusion female student of the federal polytechnic Ilaro have normal BMI though few were either overweight or underweight. Poor food habit was also discovered among them. Nutritional education targeted at correcting this habit is recommended.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Subjects:	Q Science > Q Science (General)
Divisions:	Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Chemistry
Depositing User:	Mr Taiwo Egbeyemi
Date Deposited:	03 Jun 2020 20:03
Last Modified:	03 Jun 2020 20:03
URI:	http://eprints.federalpolyilaro.edu.ng/id/eprint/359

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