Junk Food Consumption Among Secondary Level Students, Chitwan

Sapkota, Shubha Devi; Neupane, Seema

doi:10.3126/jnps.v37i2.17081

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“…The school snacks consumed by most of the students were unhealthy as they consumed commercially prepared junk foods bought either from the school's tuck shop, nearby vending shops or purchased deep-oil-fried foods from the canteen. This finding is corroborated by the studies conducted in Kathmandu, 16,17 Lalitpur, 25 Chitwan, 21 and Parsa 26 districts of Nepal. The finding is also comparable to a study conducted in the Himanchal 27 and the Maharastra provinces of India 28 and a study conducted in China.…”

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“…15,16 A growing body of literature reveals that consuming commercially processed instant foods and beverages, which are widely known as junk foods, have become common place among school children in both the urban and rural areas of Nepal. [16][17][18][19][20] A cross-sectional study conducted in Chitwan, indicates that snacking on junk foods was common among the secondary level students, 21 yet further evidence is needed to fill the knowledge gap on snacking behavior among the school children at the basic education level.…”

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Socio-ecological Factors Associated with Snacking Behaviors of Basic School Students in Nepal

Upreti

Bastien

Bjonness

et al. 2020

Curr Res Nutr Food Sci

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Consumption of unhealthy snack foods among young children in low-and-middle-income countries is high and Nepal is no exception. A quantitative cross-sectional study was conducted among 259 students to investigate their snacking behaviors and examine factors that influence the behavior from a socio-ecological Framework. The study used self-reported questionnaires, food recall diaries, and participant observation forms to collect data. Students' snacking behavior was the dependent variable where as age, sex, grade, parent's education, parent's sources of income, religion, ethnicity, family type, and living arrangements were the independent variables. Chi-square test and logistic regression were applied to analyze the results. The main findings of the study indicate that 89 percent of students consumed school snacks regularly, including unhealthy snacks, which were either commercially prepared junk foods bought from nearby vending shops and grocery stores or deep-oil-fried snacks food prepared at the school canteen. Bivariate analysis shows that age, grade, father's education, and the student's religion were significantly associated with snacking behaviors of students. The multivariate analysis indicates that grade (aOR= 0.259, P < .05) and religion (aOR= 0.373, P < .05) were the significant predictors. The snacking behaviors among basic level students are influenced by multilevel factors, which is consistent with the socio-ecological model. The study's findings further suggest that comprehensive and effective school-based nutrition education interventions are necessary to promote healthy snack consumption behaviors of students.

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Socio-ecological Factors Associated with Snacking Behaviors of Basic School Students in Nepal

Upreti

Bastien

Bjonness

et al. 2020

Curr Res Nutr Food Sci

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“…5 Of them, 54.2%, over half of the adolescents have low knowledge of proper food and its consequences; thus, the majority of them were at risk of eating junk food. 6 In addition, the consumption of junk food varied by age; it was found that the higher proportion of junk food was in early adolescents (93%) as compared to late adolescents (89%). 7 This difference in the consumption of junk food is determined by the taste and availability and by home and environmental factors.…”

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Perception and Factors Influencing Junk Food Consumption among School Children of Pokhara

Pahari

Baral

2020

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Introduction: The main problem with junk foods is that they're low in satiation, that is, people don't feel as full when they eat them, which can lead to overeating. Another problem is that junk food tends to replace other more nutritious foods. In our diet over the time, urbanization and recent development in the foods industries have led to the notable increase in junk food production making them readily available, accessible and affordable. The main objective of this study was to understand the perception and identify factors influencing junk food consumption among school level children of Pokhara. Methods: A cross sectional analytical study was conducted among 220 students of 12 different private schools of Pokhara of grade 4-9. Systematic random sampling was done to select the required samples and the data was collected using self-administered questionnaire and personal interviews. Results: Majority (81%) of the students considered junk food consumption to be unhealthy. About half of the students were unaware of the nutritive value, quality of the food, ingredients, preservatives used and negative consequences of junk foods. There is a significant difference between the grade of the students and the average frequency of junk food use per week. The average consumption of junk food increases as the grades of students increases.(Chi square =53.025, p ≤0.01). Conclusion: Consumption of junk food was notably high due to various enabling factors such as addictive taste, changing lifestyle, propagandist advertising and instant availability. Grade and sex of the students were found to be significant predictors in over consuming junk foods.

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“…Almost one-fourth of the total population is comprised of adolescents [26]. Of them, 54.2%, over half of adolescents have low knowledge of proper food and its consequences; thus, the majority of them were at risk of eating of junk food [27]. In addition, the consumption of junk food varied by age; it was found that the higher proportion of junk food was in early adolescents (93%) as compared to late adolescents (89%) [28].…”

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Educational Intervention of Intention Change for Consumption of Junk Food among School Adolescents in Birgunj Metropolitan City, Nepal, Based on Theory of Planned Behaviors

Singh¹,

Gautam²,

Bhandari

et al. 2020

Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism

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Consumption of junk food among adolescents has been recognized as a serious health problem in the world. Therefore, this study aims to assess the effectiveness of an educational intervention program (interactive lecture) based on the theory of planned behavior (TPB) for reducing junk food consumption among school adolescents in Birgunj Metropolitan City, Nepal. A structured questionnaire was deployed for collecting the data from four government schools. Pretest and Posttest group study design and simple random sampling techniques were used. A multiple linear regression model and a paired t-test were used to assess the effectiveness of an educational intervention program. The theory of planned behavior indicates that behavioral intention of junk food consumption was different in pretest and posttest [5.43 ± 1.3 and 7.96 ± 0.3]. Furthermore, the average score of attitude toward junk food consumption was 11.9 ± 1.5 and 16.3 ± 1.6. Meanwhile, perceived behavior control (PBC) toward junk food was also different after intervention [2.42 ± 0.50 and 3.13 ± 0.58]. The interactive lecture method was proved an effective education program for changing the intentions of adolescent students and preventing them from consuming junk food which were statistically significant (<0.05). In addition, behavioral intention of junk food consumption, attitude toward junk food consumption, and perceived behavioral control toward junk food were statistically significant (<0.05). Therefore, study concluded that the intervention program has positive influence on the perceived behavior without control group of school-going adolescents.

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Junk Food Consumption Among Secondary Level Students, Chitwan

Cited by 26 publications

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Socio-ecological Factors Associated with Snacking Behaviors of Basic School Students in Nepal

Socio-ecological Factors Associated with Snacking Behaviors of Basic School Students in Nepal

Perception and Factors Influencing Junk Food Consumption among School Children of Pokhara

Educational Intervention of Intention Change for Consumption of Junk Food among School Adolescents in Birgunj Metropolitan City, Nepal, Based on Theory of Planned Behaviors

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