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International Journal of Physiology, Nutrition and Physical Education
ISSN: 2456-0057

2018, Vol. 3, Issue 2
A survey study of nutritional awareness and health status among students
Author(s): Tahir Rasool Mir, Suhail Yaqoob Bhat, Showkat Ahmad Chat and Mohd Ishaq Pala
Abstract:
A study was conducted on the nutrition awareness and health status of the students of lovely professional university. 100 Samples was selected randomly from lovely professional university. Nutrition awareness and health status of the student’s measure by a questionnaires was developed by Dr. Sweyta and W. k. Hoeger. Nutrition awareness and health status questionnaires contains 52 questions regarding nutrition and health status related to nine variables like nutrition, health related fitness, avoiding chemical dependency, stress management, personal hygiene, disease prevention, emotional wellbeing, personal safety, environmental health and protection.
Descriptive statistics (pie diagram and percentage) were used to assess the data we explain the data through pie diagram. On the basis of data obtained from the students of lovely professional university, Punjab studied 9 variables related to nutrition awareness and health status. It showed that 21% students were found under excellent category, 55% were found under good category, and 24% students were found under need improvement category in nutrition awareness and 27.13% students were found under excellent category, 36.38% were found under good category, and 36.50% students were found under need improvement category in health status.
Pages: 324-328  |  1011 Views  166 Downloads


International Journal of Physiology, Nutrition and Physical Education
How to cite this article:
Tahir Rasool Mir, Suhail Yaqoob Bhat, Showkat Ahmad Chat, Mohd Ishaq Pala. A survey study of nutritional awareness and health status among students. Int J Physiol Nutr Phys Educ 2018;3(2):324-328.
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