Weight Management and Dietary Style Modifications among University Students
Mona Abdelgadir Ahmed *
Faculty of Applied Medical Science/ Albaha University, Saudi Arabia.
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Abstract
Weight management is a long term approach to a healthy life style. It includes a balance of healthy eating and physical exercise to equate energy expenditure and energy intake. Weight management depends on your body need and according to the basal metabolic rate. A descriptive cross- sectional study was conducted based on the questionnaire that were distributed among under graduated students. In a case study group, a total of 200 females aged less than 25 years old were taken into consolidation. All the female participants were from Saudi Arabia Healthy females without any complication who were the students of Albaha University enrolled in 2017, participated in the questionnaire.
The Study Aimed: Is to know the dietary style modification during weight management among female university students.
The Specific Objectives: Is to find out the reasons for body weight management, to evaluate the different methods used in weight management , and also to assess different knowledge of university female students and their body management interesting and also to give them advice about the correct way for body weight management. The data analysis only covers (42). Students who were concerned in weight management (included criteria) and exclude all students who were not concerned in weight management (210) (excluded criteria). The questionnaire variables include demographic (question about age resident and the student knowledge about her weight (According to the body mass index) that represents how many of females are underweight, normal weight and obese. The questionnaire also covered other information about their normal physical activities and dietary modification.
Keywords: Weight management, dietary supplements, several diseases