Comparison of Nutritional Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices between Urban and Rural Secondary School Students: A Cross-Sectional Study in Sabah, East Malaysia
| Autor: | Rhanye Mac Guad, Mohd Nazri Mohd Daud, Mohammad Halim Jeinie, Ramlah George, Yin Nwe Aung, Shutie Fazila Guad, Waidah Sawatan, Wu Yuan Seng, Siew Hua Gan, Constance Liew Sat Lin, Nang Kham Oo Leik, Marion M. Hetherington, Norazmir Md Nor |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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knowledge
Health (social science) Cross-sectional study Plant Science TP1-1185 Standard score Health Professions (miscellaneous) Microbiology Article Nutritional knowledge Medicine Meal business.industry Chemical technology Mean age Anthropometry practice nutrition Multistage sampling attitude Sabah students rural business Body mass index urban Food Science Demography |
| Zdroj: | Foods, Vol 10, Iss 2037, p 2037 (2021) Foods Volume 10 Issue 9 |
| ISSN: | 2304-8158 |
| Popis: | Nutritional knowledge, attitudes and practice (KAP) may guide healthy meal choices. Here, nutritional KAP was compared across school students in Sabah based on locality and gender. A cross-sectional survey of students aged 15–19 years was conducted using multistage sampling. Nutritional KAP was measured via questionnaire. Anthropometric measures of weight and height were taken in person to calculate body mass index (BMI). Among the 994 participants, 80% were urban and 60% were female (mean age 16.5 ± 0.6 yr). Most were of Kadazan-Dusun (23%) ethnicity. Measured height for age Z score (HAZ) and BMI for age Z score (BAZ) differed between urban and rural students (−1.2 ± 0.8 versus −1.5 ± 0.7 for HAZ p < 0.001 0.2 ± 1.4 versus −0.1 ± 1.3 p = 0.02, respectively). No difference in nutritional knowledge was found, although urban students prioritized having a healthy/balanced diet (59.55% versus 48.50%, p = 0.03) and ate daily breakfast (57.4% versus 10.2%, p < 0.001) compared to rural. Females scored higher on nutritional knowledge than males (18.9 ± 2.8 vs. 18.1 ± 3.4, respectively, p = 0.0001), yet males selected more healthy/balanced foods (63.3% versus 53.3%, p = 0.041). The gap remains between nutritional KAP and translating this to healthy eating among adolescents, related to locality and gender. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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