scholarly journals A táplálkozással kapcsolatos attitűdök, magatartás és információkeresés vizsgálata és összefüggése szociodemográfiai és pszichológiai változókkal serdülők körében

2018 ◽  
Vol 159 (51) ◽  
pp. 2183-2192
Author(s):  
Katalin Szabó ◽  
Bettina Pikó
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Information Seeking ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Dietary Habits ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
School Achievement ◽  
Eating Behaviour ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Dietary Behaviour ◽  
School Students

Abstract: Introduction: Nutrition is one of the key factors in health maintainance. So developing appropriate eating habits is very important in adolescence. Dietary behaviour may be influenced by certain aspects of personality, e.g., self-efficacy, optimism/pessimism and self-control. Aim: We explored adolescents’ eating behaviour, attitudes, and information seeking, and their relationship with psychological and sociodemographic factors. Method: Participants were high school students (n = 277; 54% boys; mean age: 16 years; SD = 1.25). Our self-administered questionnaire contained items on sociodemographics, eating behaviour and attitudes, and information-seeking as well as three psychological scales. Results: We explored the main factors of behaviour (health-conscious, nonconscious, raw-based), attitudes (rejecting, ambivalent and accepting), and information-seeking (lay, professional, Internet) using factor analysis. Correlation analyses revealed adolescents’ nutrition-related behaviour and attitudes were rather health-conscious, but rejecting and ambivalence in their behaviour and attitudes appeared as well. Self-efficacy, self-control and optimism played a role not only in developing health-conscious behaviour and accepting attitude but also in avoiding the nonconscious behaviour and rejecting attitude. Health-conscious behaviour was associated with higher socioeconomic status and parents’ schooling but less with gender. Information-seeking was partly influenced by certain sociodemographics: professional resources were preferred by girls, students from grammar schools, and those with better school achievement. Conclusions: Our data draw attention to the extraordinary importance of mapping adolescent dietary habits; not only their behaviours but also attitudes and information-seeking. This life period is significant in terms of childhood nutrional socialization since youth’s decisions become more and more autonomous in this field as well. Orv Hetil. 2018; 159(51): 2183–2192.

scholarly journals Eating Behaviour and Food Preferences of Tîrgu Mures High School Students

2018 ◽  
Vol 64 (4) ◽  
pp. 157-160
Author(s):  
Maria Salcudean ◽  
Victoria Rus ◽  
Florina Ruta ◽  
Catalin Moise Dogar ◽  
Iustinian Simion ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Dietary Habits ◽  
Food Additives ◽  
Eating Behaviour ◽  
Food Products ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Young Generation ◽  
School Students ◽  
Health Lifestyle

AbstractIntroduction. Due to a busy and exhausting urban lifestyle parents do not always have the necessary time to pay sufficient attention to the quality of the dietary habits of their children.Objective. Starting from the premise that teenagers have insufficient information about healthy eating, the present study aimed to highlight eating behaviours and nutrition knowledge deficits in a group of 427 high school students from Tîrgu Mures.Methods. An observational study based on lifestyle and food frequency consumption was conducted. In 2017, students in fifteen classes from several High School Institutions from Targu Mures, Romania, were asked to complete a questionnaire with questions relating to the current state of health, lifestyle characteristics, anthropometric indicators, frequency of daily meal consumption, significance and intake of food additives, leisure activities performed and also teenagers’ preferences for food products.Results. The average age of the respondents was 16.1 years old, 72.6% were boys, and 82% lived in the city. 43.6% of respondents stated that food is a necessity, while 22% asserted that food characterizes a pleasure for them. Concerning the calorific value of foods, 32.8% stated that they have no interest in the calorie content of different food products while only 26%, mainly girls, took notice of these. 31.10% of respondents indicated that they include the recommended amount of vegetables in their daily diet, 22% prefer to eat preserved foods while increased consumption of sweets was observed in 39.80%. 55.50% of respondents ate breakfast on a regular basis, and 37% read food labels.Conclusions. The results emphasise the necessity to develop more effective educational programs designed to create necessary background information for a young generation, change adolescent dietary behaviours for the better, and thus prevent dietary related diseases.

scholarly journals The Effect of Eating Habits’ Quality on Scholastic Performance in Turkish Adolescents

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleksandra S. Kristo ◽  
Büşra Gültekin ◽  
Merve Öztağ ◽  
Angelos K. Sikalidis
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Dietary Habits ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Limited Information ◽  
School Students ◽  
System A ◽  
Scholastic Performance ◽  
Quality Of Eating

Evidence associates scholastic performance to quality of eating habits. However, there is limited information on this topic in Turkey, an emerging economy with notable disparities. Our work aimed to evaluate the effect of eating habits quality of high-school students in Turkey, on the Scholastic Aptitude Standardized Examination (TEOG) scores. The study was conducted in 29 different cities in Turkey during the academic year 2016–2017, involving students of ages 14–17 years (up to senior-high school). A dietary habits survey developed and validated for this population was distributed over the internet in February 2017. Apart from students’ TEOG scores, Family Affluence Score (FAS) was used to categorize the students into low, medium, and high financial standing. Eating Habits Score (EHS) was calculated by using a validated scoring system. A working sample of 298 participants was used. Based on our results, we observed that there is a significant positive correlation between EHS, FAS and success rate of students as assessed by TEOG scores. Further research on this subject should be conducted in combination with intervention studies to reveal potential strategies and policies that would enhance positive behavior change as it relates to nutritional habits, aiming at improved scholastic performance and overall health throughout lifespan.

scholarly journals The Psychosocial Factors of Academic Achievement: Three Different Theoretical Models

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 100-113
Author(s):  
Martha Patricia Gutiérrez Tapia ◽  
Alejandra Del Carmen Domínguez Espinosa ◽  
María Mercedes Ruiz Muñoz ◽  
Jaime Fuentes Balderrama ◽  
Emiliano Gutiérrez Fierros
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Academic Achievement ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Explanatory Power ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Public High School ◽  
School Students ◽  
Fit Statistics

Within individual factors that affect academic achievement, personality traits have been the least explored eventhough there is evidence that suggest conscientiousness, neuroticism and self-efficacy are direct contributors ofacademic achievement. We used a sample of 725 Mexican public high school students (Mage =18, SDage =1.09,59% female) to test three Path Analysis models based on those proposed by Stajkovic, Bandura, Locke, Lee andSergent, (2018). Although the models present very similar fit statistics and explanatory power, the intrapersonalmodel is more parsimonious, presents better fit indices and was therefore chosen as our final model. The modelidentifies middle school GPA, self-efficacy, neuroticism and conscientiousness as direct predictors of high schoolacademic achievement, and both extraversion and academic self-concept as indirect predictors when mediatedby self-efficacy. Students can use the power of their own self-efficacy beliefs as support for staying in school,boosting their aptitudes and enhancing previously acquired knowledge. We would suggest the addition of stronger correlates to high school academic achievement such as self-control as well as experimental data on how easy cognitions and capabilities can change in the sample.

scholarly journals Risk assessment for diabetes type 2 conditions for nature in nutrition in adolescents

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (80) ◽  
pp. 72-107
Author(s):  
Igor Lukić ◽  
Nevena Ranković ◽  
Dragica Ranković
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Type 2 Diabetes ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Dietary Habits ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Statistical Tests ◽  
Diabetes Type 2 ◽  
School Students ◽  
Statistical Tool

This paper will present the results of a study on dietary habits in adolescents. The high school or adolescent era is a time of great physical and psychological changes, which cause instability and oscillations in the mood and behavior of high school students. Results obtained by interviewing secondary school students about eating habits and results obtained using a standardized questionnaire for the risk of type 2 diabetes were analyzed using a reliable statistical tool IBM SPSS Statistical, which offers a range of reliable analyzes and statistical tests. Previous research has shown that for each person with type 2 diabetes, one person finds out who does not know it. Discovery of pre-diabetes, in new potential patients, is necessary at the earliest age, when a number of factors affect lifestyles, such as irregular nutrition and obesity, physical inactivity, stress, and others become important for the development of this disease. Detection of risk levels in potential patients is important for both the individual and public health, and everyday clinical practice. After determining the degree of risk for a particular sample, a set of measures for a particular adolescent population will be recommended, so that the disease does not occur, or its onset will move for a later period of life.

scholarly journals Evaluation of Eating Habits and Their Impact on Health among Adolescents and Young Adults: A Cross-Sectional Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (8) ◽  
pp. 3996
Author(s):  
Sylwia Mizia ◽  
Anna Felińczak ◽  
Dariusz Włodarek ◽  
Magdalena Syrkiewicz-Świtała
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Body Height ◽  
Eating Behaviour ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
School Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Adverse Health ◽  
Level Of Knowledge

According to the health field concept, the most important factor affecting health is a lifestyle. The current upward trend in overweight and obesity among younger populations is a consequence of inadequate lifestyle habits. The study aimed to characterise youth nutrition behaviour and knowledge in the context of the risk of developing overweight or obesity. The study group consisted of 307 high school students, 59% females and 41% males, aged between 15 and 19. Nutrition behaviours were studied using the standardised Questionnaire of Eating Behaviour. Body weight and body height were measured with a body composition analyser and a body height meter, respectively. It was observed that the average body mass index was 21.7 ± 3.4 kg/m2 for the females and 22.3 ± 3.1 kg/m2 for the males (p = 0.036). Disturbed weight-to-height ratios (i.e., overweight and obesity) were found in 15.6% of the females and 16.5% of the males. The diets of approximately 90% of these youth were characterised by excessively low pro-health product content. The males showed a significantly higher intensity of adverse health traits compared to the females (8.1% vs. 0.7%, p = 0.002). More than half of the males presented insufficient knowledge about food and nutrition (53.5% vs. 30.8%, p < 0.001). Regardless of gender, the study showed a positive correlation between adolescents’ level of knowledge and the pro-health diet index (gamma coefficient: 0.42, p < 0.001) and a negative correlation between their level of knowledge and the unhealthy diet index (gamma coefficient: −0.66, p < 0.001). The level of knowledge was closely related to the indicators of the intensities and adverse health characteristics of their diets. These results indicate the need for educational programs to raise awareness among youth in civilisation backgrounds.

Development of a self-efficacy model in junior and senior high school students based on religiosity and family determinants: a cross sectional approach

2019 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tri Anjaswarni ◽  
Nursalam Nursalam ◽  
Sri Widati ◽  
Ah. Yusuf ◽  
Rr Dian Tristiana
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Senior High School ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
School Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Significance Level ◽  
Senior High School Students

Abstract Objectives Self-efficacy is the belief a person has regarding his success in completing a task. A high level of self-efficacy can affect one’s thoughts and motivation to complete tasks well. Conversely, someone with low self-efficacy has a tendency to avoid difficult tasks. Self-efficacy can play a role in success in the future. This study aimed to develop a self-efficacy model for junior and senior high school students based on religious and family determinants. Method This study used a cross-sectional design and simple sampling technique. The calculation result involved 158 samples. The independent variables were religious and family determinants. The dependent variable was self-efficacy. The data were collected using a questionnaire that was tested for validity and reliability. The analysis used a multiple linear regression test with a significance level of α ≤ 0.05. Results The results showed self-efficacy was effectively determined by religion, communication, bonding and parenting factors. Overall, religion had the greatest role in influencing self-efficacy. Bonding and communication had an indirect effect on self-efficacy through parenting factors mediators. Conclusion Parenting factors influence self-efficacy indirectly through bonding and communication; however, parenting factors cannot be ignored. Religion was the biggest determinant of self-efficacy and capital of good self-control and strong conviction in completing tasks and achieving goals.

scholarly journals Risk assessment for diabetes type 2 conditions for nature in nutrition in adolescents

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (79) ◽  
pp. 26-44
Author(s):  
Igor Lukić ◽  
Nevena Ranković ◽  
Dragica Ranković
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Type 2 Diabetes ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Dietary Habits ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Statistical Tests ◽  
Diabetes Type 2 ◽  
School Students ◽  
Statistical Tool

This paper will present the results of a study on dietary habits in adolescents. The high school or adolescent era is a time of great physical and psychological changes, which cause instability and oscillations in the mood and behavior of high school students. Results obtained by interviewing secondary school students about eating habits and results obtained using a standardized questionnaire for the risk of type 2 diabetes were analyzed using a reliable statistical tool IBM SPSS Statistical, which offers a range of reliable analyzes and statistical tests. Previous research has shown that for each person with type 2 diabetes, one person finds out who does not know it. Discovery of pre-diabetes, in new potential patients, is necessary at the earliest age, when a number of factors affect lifestyles, such as irregular nutrition and obesity, physical inactivity, stress, and others become important for the development of this disease. Detection of risk levels in potential patients is important for both the individual and public health, and everyday clinical practice. After determining the degree of risk for a particular sample, a set of measures for a particular adolescent population will be recommended, so that the disease does not occur, or its onset will move for a later period of life.

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