There is worldwide concern that higher education students are increasingly engaging in unhealthy eating and lifestyle practices. A total of 488 white students participated in a study aimed at investigating the current food consumption and related lifestyle patterns of students at a South African residential university. The respondents’ self‐reported weight and height was used to calculate their body mass index (BMI). Closed and open‐ended questions measured aspects of the respondents’ usual eating patterns and lifestyles. The meal patterns and composition confirmed Western‐orientated food practices, as the majority consumed three meals a day, with in‐between meal snacking, and a different meal pattern over weekends. Respondents’ food intake was further characterized by a low intake of fruit, vegetables, and dairy products and frequent consumption of foods high in fat, sugar, and sodium. Although the majority (66.8%) of the study group were classified as normal weight according to their BMI, when comparing males and females, more males than females were overweight and obese. Only 54% of the males had a normal weight compared to 82% of the females. There was, however, no statistically significant difference (p = 0.149) between how males and females in the different BMI groups felt about their weight. The study also explored the relationships between the respondents’ BMI, gender, food consumption patterns, and type of residence. The features of the food consumption patterns were depicted according to whether breakfast was eaten or not; snacking activity between meals; the consumption of ready‐prepared convenience meals, fast foods; home‐cooked meals; and eating out. There were no statistical significant differences between the BMI categories of males and females regarding their habit to eat breakfast or not; and to snack between meals either during the morning, in the afternoon or after supper. Similarly, no statistical significant differences were noted when relating the BMI categories of the gender groups to the frequency of consumption of ready‐prepared, convenience type meals, fast foods, and home‐cooked meals. However, a statistical significant difference (p‐value 0.006) was found between BMI categories per gender and general frequency of eating out. No statistical differences was noted between BMI categories, gender and place of residence irrespective of the type, whether the student lived with parents, independently in a flat or apartment, or a house with friends or a room, or in a university residence.
OPSOMMINGEetversteurings word beskryf as eetgedrag wat die individu se fisieke of psigiese gesondheid benadeel. Eetversteurings soos anoreksia nervosa is vandag algemeen onder adolessente en word algemeen gereken as 'n komplekse verskynsel wat deur 'n verskeidenheid van bydraende faktore beïnvloed word.Die doel van die outeurs was om 'n navorsingsmodel te ontwikkel wat op die sosiaal-kognitiewe belewenisse van die vroulike adolessent met anoreksia nervosa fokus en wat veral deur voedingkundiges (en verwante dissiplines) gebruik kan word in die bestudering van hierdie groep. Die simboliese interaksionisme en 'n sosiaal-kognitiewe perspektief is as vertrekpunt geneem. Dit plaas die klem op veral die individu as aktief-denkende wese wat voortdurend in interaksie met haarself en ander, kognitiewe prosesse in werking stel om bepaalde persepsies van haarself, ander en die situasie te kan vorm. Met so 'n uitgangspunt is dit moontlik om vanuit die literatuur oor die adolessent met anoreksia nervosa op belangrike aspekte te fokus soos haar belewenis van die verskillende aspekte van haar self asook haar belewenis van betekenisvolle, veralgemene en verwysingsgroep ander. Die outeurs is van mening dat so 'n model die voedingnavorser in staat stel om die adolessent met anoreksia nervosa in totaliteit te bestudeer ten einde haar gedrag te kan verstaan en ryklik te beskryf.-Mrs HH van der Spuy -Prof HM de Klerk -Dr R Kruger
Inquiries into commissions of inquiry into policeCommissions of inquiry into police have a long and chequered history -both internationally and locally. In this special edition, our focus falls on the two most recent commissions of inquiry into police in South Africaparochially known as the Marikana and Khayelitsha commissions. The deliberations of the two commissions have attracted much attention. Media coverage has at times opted for the sensational. However, a steady stream of more thoughtful commentaries, crafted by investigative journalists and policing experts, has also seen the light.
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