Original Research Article
Year: 2019 | Month: November | Volume: 6 | Issue: 11 | Pages: 584-589
Effect of Educational Qualification on Nutrition Knowledge of College Students in Tamil Nadu, India
V. Bhavani1, Dr N. Prabhavathy Devi2
1Dietician, ESIC Medical College and Hospital, KK Nagar, Chennai, India
2Assistant Professor, Queen Marys College, Chennai, India
Corresponding Author: V. Bhavani
ABSTRACT
The present research was explored to study the effect of educational qualification on nutrition knowledge of college students. About 1000 college going population in the age group of 19-22 years were selected. Nutrition knowledge questionnaire was used to test the nutrition knowledge; interview schedule was used to obtain basic information. After obtaining the details , raw data was subjected to statistical analysis using SPSS version 20. The pre-test results showed the average score of 4.36 and among them the post-graduate students scored higher (4.99), followed by B.Sc (4.4), B.A (4.3) and B.Com (4.0). When the F test was implied for this table, F value found to be 11.187, which is also statistically significant (p<0.001). It is also evident that a majority of the subjects (34.5%) reported media as the source to increase the nutrition knowledge. Knowledge is a powerful and essential tool to eradicate nutritional related problems. Education of the youngsters must be improved to understand about nutrition and health. Thus, we conclude the present research study stating the significance of Nutrition as an individual as: “If we could give every individual the right amount of nourishment and exercise, not too little and not too much, we would have the safest way to health.”
Key words: Nutrition Knowledge, Education, Nutrition awareness, Pre –test, Post-test, Intervention
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