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Nutritional knowledge and attitudes in relation to dietary intake of college students at Mountain State Agricultural College / by Lory C. Balaoing

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Balaoing, Lory C [author]

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TextLanguage: English Publication details: Los Baños, Laguna : 1984. Cavite State University- Main Campus,Description: 118 pages : 28 cm. illustrationsContent type:

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641.1 B18 1984

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Abstract: BALAOING, LORY CAVIDA, University of the Philippines at Los Banos, June, 1984, Nutritional Knowledge and Attitudes in Relation to Dietary Intake of College Students at Mountain State Agricultural College. Major Professor: Dr, Luz U. Ofiate This study attempted to determine the dietary adequacy of MSAC students who took Nutrition Education in the college and the factors that underlie this. Findings of the study showed that many respondents were 21 years old (31%). Almost all of them were single. Most of them were of normal weight (62%) but there were more overweight (27%) than underweight (11%). Their ratings in Nutrition Education ranged from 1.5 (very good) to 3.5 (conditional). Majority stayed in boarding houses and cooked their own meals. The mean score of respondents on the nutrition knowledge test was 22.17 out of 40. Sixty-four percent of respondents got scores below the mean, Large concentration of respondents fell under the medium knowledge category (534). Ninety-eight percent of respondents possessed a favorable attitude, Regarding food beliefs 85% of them had favorable food beliefs. There was a homogeneity of mixture among the respondents as reflected by the standard deviation analysis of nutrition knowledge (SD 2 5.36); nutrition attitude (SD = 5.81); and food beliefs (SD » 5482), respectively, Examination of the nutrient intake of the respondents: niacin, calcium and protein exceeded RDA, Vitamin C was the least adequate met nutrient. Among the food groups, most of the body-building foods met more than 100% adequacy as compared to RDA, Cereal and cereal products group was sufficiently met (99.5%). Other fruits and vegetables groups exceeded intake as compared to RDA. Vitamin C-rich foods were the most inadequately met. Significant relationship was found between nutrition knowledge and attitude and diet rating and nutrition knowledge. However, no relationship was found between nutri- tion attitude and diet rating and food beliefs and diet rating of respondents, Among the variables tested, nutrition knowledge, allowance for food and recency of training were the only factors found to influence diet rating of students. Only 45.45% of the total error on diet rating had been explained by the variables tested. The remaining 54.55% remained unexplained,

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Materials specified	URL	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Theses / Manuscripts	Ladislao N. Diwa Memorial Library Theses Section	Non-fiction	641.1 B18 1984 (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Link to resource	Room use only	T-1342		00007070

Thesis (MS--Applied Nutrition) University of the Philippines

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BALAOING, LORY CAVIDA, University of the Philippines at Los Banos, June, 1984, Nutritional Knowledge and Attitudes in Relation to Dietary Intake of College Students at Mountain State Agricultural College. Major Professor: Dr, Luz U. Ofiate

This study attempted to determine the dietary adequacy of MSAC students who took Nutrition Education in the college and the factors that underlie this.

Findings of the study showed that many respondents were 21 years old (31%). Almost all of them were single. Most of them were of normal weight (62%) but there were more overweight (27%) than underweight (11%). Their ratings in Nutrition Education ranged from 1.5 (very good) to 3.5 (conditional). Majority stayed in boarding houses and cooked their own meals.

The mean score of respondents on the nutrition knowledge test was 22.17 out of 40. Sixty-four percent of respondents got scores below the mean, Large concentration of respondents fell under the medium knowledge category (534). Ninety-eight percent of respondents possessed a favorable attitude, Regarding food beliefs 85% of them had favorable food beliefs.

There was a homogeneity of mixture among the respondents as reflected by the standard deviation analysis of nutrition knowledge (SD 2 5.36); nutrition attitude (SD = 5.81); and food beliefs (SD » 5482), respectively,

Examination of the nutrient intake of the respondents: niacin, calcium and protein exceeded RDA, Vitamin C was the least adequate met nutrient. Among the food groups, most of the body-building foods met more than 100% adequacy as compared to RDA, Cereal and cereal products group was sufficiently met (99.5%). Other fruits and vegetables groups exceeded intake as compared to RDA. Vitamin C-rich foods were the most inadequately met.

Significant relationship was found between nutrition knowledge and attitude and diet rating and nutrition knowledge. However, no relationship was found between nutri- tion attitude and diet rating and food beliefs and diet rating of respondents,

Among the variables tested, nutrition knowledge, allowance for food and recency of training were the only factors found to influence diet rating of students.

Only 45.45% of the total error on diet rating had been explained by the variables tested. The remaining 54.55% remained unexplained,

Submitted to the University Library 04-07-1994 T-1342