Comparative Study of Nutritional Awareness of Students in Different Departments of Specific Education College and its Effect on their Nutritional Status

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This study is about nutritional  status and nutritional awareness for a group of students in the specific education Faculty,Minufiya University its various departments (Home Economics - Art Education - Musical Education - Technology Education and Education media ) in Ashmoon - Menoufia Governorate. The sample consisted of 125 students (25 students from each department) their ages range between 18-22 years and  selected at random,collecting information used special forms include  information about  the economic and social factors and information to measure the nutritional awareness, nutritional habits and anthropometric measurements. Data were collected through personal interview of the students.The results showed that social and economic factors had an impact in the selection of students for some foods. Also, found that students of Home Economic Department had nutritional awareness higher than the rest of the students of other departments then students of Technology Education Department then Musical Education and the students of Art Education and Educational Media Departments were the lowest in nutritional awareness.
The results showed that students of different departments have a shortage of zinc, calcium and calories with an increased rate of intake of total protein compared to the nutritional needs. Also, a relationship was found between anthropometric measurements, consumption of some foods, family income, nutritional awareness and nutritional habits the results also showed that  the majority of students eat fast food, soft drinks and there are some wrong nutritional habits that results demonstrated.
The study recommends increasing nutritional awareness for the students in all department.

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