Building healthy eating habits in childhood: a study of the attitudes, knowledge and dietary habits of schoolchildren in Malaysia

Hoque, Kazi Enamul; Kamaluddin, Megat Ahmad; Razak, Ahmad Zabidi Abdul; Wahid, Afiq Athari Abdul

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“…Moreover, (Melhem and Al-Wedian, 2013) study indicates that students' degree of commitment to health food habits and behaviors is high. The highest mean of this study was (4.77) for statement 16 "Ensure the cleanliness of food before eating it"), and this result was agreed with Hoque et al (2016), which indicated that the most important factor for students to make a decision on food, (65.8%) of them chose its cleanliness. This finding differed with the Cefai and Camilleri (2011), Walid et al (2015), Samia and Abd El-Mouty (2016) and Abraham and Noriega (2018), all of which indicated that there were unhealthy food habits and behaviors in different samples and countries where these studies were applied.…”

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“…More than three-quarters of the sample (83%) had a weak knowledge of the healthy diet, and the study proved that students practiced many unhealthy eating habits on campus, and there are many factors attributed to eating habits that can be either individual or factors which enable students to easily access unhealthy foods. Hoque et al (2016) aimed at building healthy food habits in childhood and studying attitudes, knowledge and eating habits of schoolchildren in Malaysia. To achieve this goal, a survey was conducted on the food habits of the sample of 400 primary school students in standards 4 to 6 in the state of Selangor, Malaysia.…”

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Effects of School of Life Foundation Intervention on Grade Advancement, Dropout and Attendance: A Descriptive Study

2018

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This study aimed to identify the degree of applying food habits among Umm Al Qura University students and its relation to some variables (level of study, specialization, social status, cumulative average) for the academic year 2017/2018. The study sample consisted of (150) students who are chosen randomly from the students of Home Economics College in Makkah. The researchers used the descriptive analytical approach, which is based on the study of any phenomenon as it exists in fact, and describe it qualitatively or quantitatively. To achieve the objective of the study, a questionnaire was applied after verifying its validity and stability. It consisted of (30) paragraphs that included a set of healthy food habits and constructed according to the Likert scale quintet. The data were analyzed using the statistical packages (SPSS).The findings indicate that there were statistically significant differences at the level of (α ≥ 0.05) due to the level of study and for the fourth year students. Whereas, there are no significant differences in the level of function (α ≥ 0.05) between the application of food habits due to the variable of the social situation, specialization, and the cumulative rate. The researcher recommended in the light of the study results: Adopting a national strategy at the level of public and private universities through the development of curricula related to food and nutrition and inclusion in the early stages of education years. More nutrition research is needed across all age groups in the first stages of schooling.

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Effects of School of Life Foundation Intervention on Grade Advancement, Dropout and Attendance: A Descriptive Study

2018

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“…15 In a similar study carried out amongst Malaysian school children 31% consumed milk and dairy products daily while around 20% consumed vegetables daily and 30% of the children consumed fruits daily. 16 Nearly 60% of them preferred fried food like hamburger and fries despite knowing that these were unhealthy food preferences .A similar finding was also reported from a study carried out in Korea where it was noted that school children in both urban and suburban areas preferred fast foods like pizzas. 17 In our study the mother's educational status was not found to be significantly associated with the frequency of consumption of any particular food item.…”

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A study of the dietary habits of school children in Pune city, Maharashtra, India

Mukherjee¹,

Chaturvedi

2017

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Diet and nutrition of children influence their current health status and scholastic performance and also have long term consequences reaching well into their adulthood. Further, diet preferences and practices acquired during childhood usually persist for life. Data on nutritional intake of school children is required by public health policy makers to be able to formulate nutritional intervention and also for nutritionists and general practioners to be able to advice parents and care givers regarding the inadequacies in the diet. This study was carried out in Pune city, to study the dietary patterns and preferences of school children in the age group five to eleven years.Methods: Qualitative diet survey was carried out by oral questionnaire method. The data collected was on the food habits, frequency of various types of food eaten and the preferences/dislike to various food items. A database was created in MS Excel and Epi Info was used to analyze data. Appropriate inferential and descriptive statistics were calculated.Results: Around 50% of the children were non-vegetarians and only around 6% were vegetarians. Around 70% of children consumed milk daily though a majority insisted that milk is their least preferred food item. Only 5% children consumed green leafy vegetables daily. A majority of children consumed fruits two to six times. Snacks, fast food and processed food were the most preferred food by the children.Conclusions: Food habits acquired during childhood persist into adulthood and form the basis of either good health or ill health, as the case may be, in the coming years. Hence there is a need to educate parents, especially in the middle and higher socioeconomic groups regarding correct dietary habits for the children to ensure that they can live healthy and productive lives as adults.

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“…Children spend significant amounts of time (i.e., 6-9 hours) in the school environment daily which may influence their food choices and shape their attitudes towards foods offered in the school [38]. Thus, schools provide a critical opportunity for promoting healthy food choices and optimal dietary behaviors [37,38,39,40,41,42]. There is inadequate data on dietary intake and food choices in school children, especially in African settings [32].…”

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Contribution of home and school environment in children’s food choice and overweight/obesity prevalence in African context: Evidence for creating enabling healthful food environment

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Martin

Kulwa

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Background Informed dietary choices during childhood is necessary for building good eating habits in the present and future generations. There is a significant increase globally in trends of over nutrition, specifically, overweight and obesity among school children in Africa calls for consideration of home and school environments. Methods A systematic literature search was conducted between October to December 2018 using Medline (PubMed), Directory of Open Access Journals and Google Scholar databases. Also, a grey literature review was conducted to identify and retrieve relevant documents and reports some of which from websites of international organizations. Major topics of interest were home and school food environments, dietary choices, school children and Africa. Out of 318 articles 30 were included in the full text read after meeting the inclusion criteria such as focusing on school children in Africa. Four reports from grey literature were also included. This review includes articles published between the 1st January 2008 and 30th June 2018. Results Available data from reviewed articles showed that obesity prevalence among school children in Africa is on the rise and ranges from less than 5% to more than 30% across countries. Few articles investigated the contribution of home and school environments on school children’s food choices which necessitates more research in this area. Conclusion Therefore, this review suggests that for effective implementation of childhood overweight and obesity reduction strategies, investigation of home and school determinants of children’s food choices is imperative.

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Building healthy eating habits in childhood: a study of the attitudes, knowledge and dietary habits of schoolchildren in Malaysia

Cited by 22 publications

References 19 publications

Effects of School of Life Foundation Intervention on Grade Advancement, Dropout and Attendance: A Descriptive Study

Effects of School of Life Foundation Intervention on Grade Advancement, Dropout and Attendance: A Descriptive Study

A study of the dietary habits of school children in Pune city, Maharashtra, India

Contribution of home and school environment in children’s food choice and overweight/obesity prevalence in African context: Evidence for creating enabling healthful food environment

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