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Abstract

A STUDY TO ASSESS THE KNOWLEDGE REGARDING ILL EFFECTS OF JUNK FOOD AND ITS PREVENTION AMONG FIRST YEAR BSc NURSING STUDENTS

Dr. Ambika K.* and Mamatha G.

ABSTRACT

Introduction: Adolescent is a transitional stage of physical and physiological development that generally occurs during the period from puberty to legal adulthood (age of majority). Good nutrition is very essential in development of children both physically and mentally. Children must know what they eat and it affects their growth and development. Today many adolescents like to eat junk food, but they do not know the harmful effects of junk food on their health. People have forgotten that the primary reason for eating is nourishment. Adolescents undergo several changes which make them to become partly responsible for their own health and welfare. Junk foods have no or very less nutritional value. Psychological development of adolescent such as independence and acceptable by peers may effects adolescent food choice and nutrient intake which places them to adopt unhealthy eating behaviors like addiction to junk food. Method: A descriptive survey approach was used to assess the knowledge regarding ill effects of junk food. 60 Samples were selected through convenience sampling technique. Structured knowledge questionnaire was used to collect data. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data. Findings: The findings of the study revealed that knowledge regarding ill effects of junk food and its prevention among nursing students was inadequate. The data shows that majority of nursing students 50(83.33%) had average knowledge. The knowledge score of nursing students regarding ill effects of junk food and its prevention ranged from 11 – 20 with the mean score 15.23 and standard deviation of ±3.7. No significant association was found between knowledge and their selected personal variables at 0.05 level of significance. Conclusion: The results show that knowledge regarding ill effects of junk food and its prevention among nursing students were average. Awareness program need to be conducted among them to prevent ill effects of junk food.

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