EATING HABITS AMONG STUDENTS: A CASE STUDY OF STUDENTS IN TAYLOR’S COLLEGE

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Eating out is easily accessible as the economical hawker center, coffee shop, fast food restaurant, food court, restaurants and higher-ends restaurants are spread all over the Kuala Lumpur. Foods of all types and form are readily available at the doorsteps of its population. Such convenience, coupled with the abundance of variety, and reasonably price food has prompted a significant proportion of its population to eat out regularly. Convenience food where no preparation and cooking are needed is readily available and consumed by many as their mid-day meal. Other forms of food, such as instant noodles, that requires little cooking is also commonly consumed among the young people, especially college student. Depending on the type of work and industry, there are many families in Kuala Lumpur with two working parents so that children in such families often do not have anyone to prepare home-cooked meals. Their children basically need to eat out before go home, especially the teenagers that are studying in college.

Several studies have reported relations between eating behavior with poor self-esteem, body image, peer and family relationship ( Riedan & Koff, 1997; Budderberg-Fisher et al., 1996; Grant & Fodor, 1988 )

University / College students encounter pressures in not only having to cope with their studies but also to deal with personal, social and family concerns. When beset with psychosocial problem, they may succumb to poor eating behavior. Studies in Korea and Japan have reported poor eating habits and inappropriate dieting behavior among high school and university students (Kim,Kang & Kim, 1999; Nakamura et al., 1999).

This exploratory study aims to examine the eating habits among the student in TCHT, and investigate ...

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