scholarly journals A Study on Food Consumption Pattern of The Tibetan College Students in Dalai Lama Institute for Higher Education Bengaluru, Karnataka

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 19-25
Author(s):  
Tenzin Namgha
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
College Students ◽  
Academic Success ◽  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Dietary Diversity ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Consumption Pattern ◽  
Dalai Lama ◽  
Study Results

Healthy eating habit is important for college students for overall academic success. Lack of nutrients causes declining health which directly affects academic scores. The objective of the study is to understand the food frequency, dietary diversity, and nutritional status of Dalai Lama Institute for Higher Education students (DLIHE). A total of 114 students participated in this study. Results show that the students are consuming food rich in carbohydrates and fewer fruits and vegetables. Undernutrition was found to be high among the students. The implication of the study can help management head to create a healthy eating habits and improve overall nutrition among the students.

“Helping Me Learn New Things Every Day”: The Power of Community College Students’ Writing Across Genres

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-76
Author(s):  
Tanzina Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
College Students ◽  
Community College ◽  
Academic Success ◽  
Community College Students ◽  
Linguistically Diverse ◽  
Diverse Students ◽  
Linguistically Diverse Students ◽  
Entry Points ◽  
Genre Knowledge

Although community colleges are important entry points into higher education for many American students, few studies have investigated how community college students engage with different genres or develop genre knowledge. Even fewer have connected students’ genre knowledge to their academic performance. The present article discusses how 104 ethnically, culturally, and linguistically diverse students reported on classroom genre experiences and wrote stories about college across three narrative genres (Letter, Best Experience, Worst Experience). Findings suggest that students’ engagement with classroom genres in community college helped them develop rhetorical reading and writing skills. When students wrote about their college lives across narrative genres, they reflected on higher education in varied ways to achieve differing sociocultural goals with distinct audiences. Finally, students’ experience with classroom and narrative genres predicted their GPA, implying that students’ genre knowledge signals and influences their academic success. These findings demonstrate how diverse students attending community college can use genres as resources to further their social and academic development.

Eating Habits of Young Persons for Healthy Aging

2018 ◽  
pp. 343-356
Author(s):  
Simon T. Cheung ◽  
Susan Dawkes
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Heart Disease ◽  
Ischemic Heart Disease ◽  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Healthy Aging ◽  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Ischemic Heart ◽  
Consumption Behavior ◽  
Reduced Risk

Fruits and vegetables are important parts of healthy eating and they provide excellent sources of vitamins, minerals, and dietary fiber in our diet. Those who consume fruits and vegetables regularly have a reduced risk of many chronic diseases. According to the WHO, inadequate consumption of fruits and vegetables may have contributed to as much as 14% of gastrointestinal cancer deaths and 11% of deaths resulted from ischemic heart disease worldwide. Since 2011, Hong Kong has been promoting a “2 Plus 3 a day” diet campaign aiming to raise the general public's awareness on consuming a minimum of 2 portions of fruits and 3 portions of vegetables a day. However, recent statistics showed that nearly 81% of people aged 18 – 64 failed to meet this requirement. This paper focuses on investigating the determinants of fruits and vegetables consumption behavior among university students in Hong Kong.

scholarly journals Barreras y facilitadores para el establecimiento de hábitos alimentarios, modelo Póngale Vida®

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Raquel Gómez-Alpízar ◽  
Ana Rocío González-Urrutia ◽  
Ofelia Flores-Castro ◽  
Xinia Fernández-Rojas
Keyword(s):  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Overweight And Obesity ◽  
Preschool Age ◽  
Barriers And Facilitators ◽  
Childhood Overweight And Obesity ◽  
The Family ◽  
Healthy Eating Habits ◽  
Mixed Approach

Introduction: The Preschool Cycle is a period of changes in nutritional status and eating behavior, constituting a fundamental stage for the development of healthy eating habits, where the family plays a major role. Objective: Identify the main barriers and facilitators for healthy eating in preschool age, with the purpose of designing strategies to prevent childhood overweight and obesity. Materials and Methods: The research was conducted under a mixed approach, with a descriptive and transversal type. Sixty parents or caregivers of preschool children who were part of the model during 2014 at the Mariano Cortés School (urban) and Canada School (rural), completed the questionnaire and twenty-five participated in the focus groups (one focus group in each school). Results: The barriers that the parents and caregivers faced daily included: food rejection by the child, the influence of peers and even the attitudes of adults who share with the child while eating. The facilitators that encourage healthy eating in this stage of life were: establish clear rules when eating, offer a variety of foods and explain to the child the importance of eating fruits and vegetables in a simple way. Conclusion: The barriers and facilitators to promote healthy eating in this stage of the lifetime, must be include as part of future strategies for the prevention of childhood obesity.

scholarly journals Snack Consumption Pattern of Adults in the University of Calabar & its Health Implications

2019 ◽  
pp. 43-49
Author(s):  
Eridiong O. Onyenweaku ◽  
Gregory E. Oko ◽  
Winifred A. Fila
Keyword(s):  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Dietary Diversity ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Consumption Pattern ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Dietary Recall ◽  
Dietary Intake Assessment ◽  
Snack Consumption ◽  
The University

Aims: To determine the snack consumption pattern of adults and the effect of consumption of certain snacks on the health status of adults in the University of Calabar. Study design:  Cross-sectional survey. Place and Duration of Study: University of Calabar, Calabar - Nigeria. June to July, 2017. Methodology: After a multi-staged random sampling technique, a cross-sectional survey was carried out on 400 adult respondents using a well-structured questionnaire. Food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) and 24hour dietary recall were also administered to the respondents. The data obtained from the survey instruments were analysed with the aid of Microsoft excel. For the dietary intake assessment, Food and Agricultural Organisation’s (FAO) ‘Guidelines for Measuring Household and Individual Dietary Diversity’ was used to calculate individual’s dietary diversity score (DDS) before recording. Results: It was observed that 84% of the respondents skipped meals and breakfast was the most skipped meal followed by lunch. Most people (46%) skipped breakfast because they left early for work while majority who skipped lunch did so because they had no time for food at work (53%). Only 8.6% of the respondents did not eat snacks, and most of those who consumed snacks did so because they preferred snacks to food (32%). The most commonly consumed snacks among the respondents was pastries (36.5%), followed by biscuits (25.7%) while the least consumed snacks were vegetables (1%) followed by sweets and gums (1.1%). Consequently, pastries contributed the most snack calories to the study population. Conclusion: Most people skip meals; and snacks serve as a substitute for such skipped meals. Only few people frequently consume healthy snacks such as fruits and vegetables. Most people were discovered to eat pastries as snacks and these pastries (such as cakes and pies) are highly processed foods which could increase the risk of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in their consumers.

scholarly journals College Students and Eating Habits: A Study Using An Ecological Model for Healthy Behavior

Nutrients ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 1823 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanni Sogari ◽  
Catalina Velez-Argumedo ◽  
Miguel Gómez ◽  
Cristina Mora
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Weight Status ◽  
Dietary Habits ◽  
Ecological Model ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
The United States ◽  
Healthy Food ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Healthy Behavior

Overweightness and obesity rates have increased dramatically over the past few decades and they represent a health epidemic in the United States (US). Unhealthy dietary habits are among the factors that can have adverse effects on weight status in young adulthood. The purpose of this explorative study was to use a qualitative research design to analyze the factors (barriers and enablers) that US college students perceived as influencing healthy eating behaviors. A group of Cornell University students (n = 35) participated in six semi-structured focus groups. A qualitative software, CAQDAS Nvivo11 Plus, was used to create codes that categorized the group discussions while using an Ecological Model. Common barriers to healthy eating were time constraints, unhealthy snacking, convenience high-calorie food, stress, high prices of healthy food, and easy access to junk food. Conversely, enablers to healthy behavior were improved food knowledge and education, meal planning, involvement in food preparation, and being physically active. Parental food behavior and friends’ social pressure were considered to have both positive and negative influences on individual eating habits. The study highlighted the importance of consulting college students when developing healthy eating interventions across the campus (e.g., labeling healthy food options and information campaigns) and considering individual-level factors and socio-ecological aspects in the analysis.

scholarly journals Meanings attributed to healthy eating by consumers of a street market

2017 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 261-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jasilaine Andrade PASSOS ◽  
Maria do Carmo Soares de FREITAS ◽  
Ligia Amparo da Silva SANTOS ◽  
Micheli Dantas SOARES
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
The Body ◽  
New Meanings ◽  
Media Reports ◽  
Safe Food

ABSTRACT Objective: To investigate the meanings attributed to healthy eating by consumers of a street market in the region called Recôncavo da Bahia, Bahia, Brazil. Methods: Phenomenology-based ethnography to understand the meanings attributed by those consumers. Information was collected through participant observation documented in a field diary and in-depth interviews. Interviews were conducted with seven people who were visitors and/or worked at the street market. In the analytical process, the following significant concepts related to healthy eating were systematized: "fruits and vegetables represent healthy eating"; "safe food: it has to be clean", and "foods that do the body good". Results: The meanings attributed to healthy eating are revisited daily and are related to individuals' life experiences; new meanings derive from intersubjective constructions. Based on the interviews, it was observed that re-signification was a constant process, marked by events that influence the respondents to change their eating habits such as diseases, aging, information received by health care professionals, and media reports. Healthy eating was also represented by the hygienic-sanitary quality of foods and the lack of strict control over everyday food choices. Conclusion: We highlight the importance of this discussion in the scientific field and governmental bodies, as well as among health care professionals aiming at a better understanding of the different concepts of healthy eating.

Are You There God? It’s Me, a College Student: Religious Beliefs and Higher Education

2015 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 2111-2137 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Wesley Routon ◽  
Jay K. Walker
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
College Students ◽  
Academic Success ◽  
Religious Identity ◽  
Longitudinal Survey ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Education ◽  
Religious Service ◽  
Religious Service Attendance ◽  
Programs Of Study ◽  
Service Attendance

Abstract Drawing data from a longitudinal survey of college students from 514 institutions of higher education, we add to the discussion on the education–religion puzzle by providing information on specifically which college students experience the most religiosity change, investigating multiple change measures (conviction strength, service attendance, and religious identity), and estimating which programs of study and collegiate experiences cause the most change. We also provide an analysis of students who seek or initially sought an occupation within the clergy. Among our findings, 56% of students report changes in the strength of their religious convictions during college, while 45% report changes in religious service attendance frequency. Of those who matriculate as religious, about 9% lose their religion by graduation. Of those who matriculate with no religious identity, an impressive 33% graduate with one. Choice of institution, major of study, academic success, and many other collegiate experiences are shown to be determinants of these changes.

Listening to the voices of adolescents for the design of strategies to promote healthy eating: An exploratory study in a Latin American country

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Gastón Ares ◽  
Lucía Antúnez ◽  
Florencia Alcaire ◽  
Leticia Vidal ◽  
Isabel Bove
Keyword(s):  
Nutrition Education ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Fast Food ◽  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Environmental Drivers ◽  
Awareness Campaigns ◽  
Processed Products

Abstract Objective: To explore adolescents' views about the foods they consume and to identify their ideas about strategies to encourage healthier eating habits. Design: Individual questionnaires based on open-ended questions and group discussions (6-8 participants) were used to address the objectives. Data were analyzed using content analysis based on deductive-inductive coding. Setting: Montevideo and its metropolitan area (Uruguay, Latin America). Participants: 102 adolescents (aged between 11 and 15 years old, 52% female) recruited at two educational institutions. Results: Adolescents reported frequently consuming ultra-processed products and fast food although they were perceived as bad for their health, whereas they reported an infrequent consumption of fruits and vegetables. Multifaceted strategies to promote healthy eating habits emerged from adolescents' accounts, including public awareness campaigns, nutrition education programs, nutrition label standards and regulations, and changes in food availability and affordability. Conclusions: Results from the present work suggest that co-creation with adolescents may be an effective way to inform the development of strategies to promote healthier eating habits. The strategies suggested by adolescents were mainly focused on behaviour change communication, who emphasized the importance of social media and the involvement of celebrities and influencers. The need for educational and communication strategies to raise awareness of the social and environmental drivers of eating patterns among adolescents was identified.

scholarly journals NUTRITION AS A BONES HEALTH FACTOR WITH SIGNIFICANT INFLUENCE

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 3426-3431
Author(s):  
Rositsa Chamova ◽  
◽  
Maria Panteleeva ◽  
Eliyana Ivanova ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Bone Density ◽  
Healthy Eating ◽  
Bone Health ◽  
Fruits And Vegetables ◽  
Eating Habits ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Food Groups ◽  
Daily Consumption ◽  
Cross Sectional

Osteoporosis is a global health problem with increasing importance. It is a chronic, debilitating disease characterized by low bone density and deterioration of the micro architectonics of bone tissue. Although genetic factors largely determine the bone size and density, factors such as healthy eating, good physical activity and avoiding alcohol and smoking also play a key role. At all ages, healthy eating is an important factor in bone health. Aim: To study the eating habits that are important for bone health in women from Varna. Methods: A cross-sectional study of the eating habits of 139 women in Varna was conducted between January 2018 and March 2019. Questions, giving information on diet, frequency of consumption of certain food groups and beverages, affecting bone density, physical activity, demographic indicators are included in the questionnaire. Descriptive analysis of the data is done with SPSS version 19. Results: The average age of the participants was 29.86 ± 13.60 years. Daily consumption of milk and dairy products was found among 36.7% and 32.4% of the respondents respectively. The relative share of respondents who consume fish 1-2 times a week is 33.1%. The daily consumption of fruits and vegetables is 47.5% and 56.8% respectively. Conclusion: Nutrition plays an important role in reducing the risk of osteoporosis by affecting the development and maintenance of bone mass.

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