Nutrition knowledge and eating attitude among female undergraduate students of university of Delhi

Abstract

This study was conducted to evaluate the nutrition knowledge and eating attitude among female adolescent students (mean age 18.49+1.3 years) of University of Delhi. The sample comprised of 50 university first year undergraduate adolescent girls from colleges of Delhi University drawn by purposive sampling technique. The tools in the study included Nutrition Knowledge questionnaire that was designed and pretested by the researcher consisting of questions related to general information, meal pattern and nutrition knowledge. Eating Attitude Test- EAT -26 was used to study eating attitude. Mean and Standard Deviation of the scores were calculated. Product moment coefficient of correlation (r) was computed in order to determine the dimensions of Nutrition knowledge influence on determining the eating attitude. The results were tested at 0.05 level of significance. The mean and standard deviation of Nutrition knowledge score was 21.5+3.04 and Eating Attitude score of these subjects was 19.4 +1.08. Relation between the nutrition knowledge and eating attitude revealed an inverse relationship and the non-significant correlation was observed (r= -0.13). The findings revealed that these students should not only improve upon nutrition knowledge but also should also be advocated on advantages of adopting right dietary Behaviours on overall health.