Feeding Habit and the Health of Undergraduate Students: Evidence from Nigeria

Ogadimma Arisukwu,Festus Asamu,Abiola John Asaleye,Dolapo Olaosebikan

doi:10.32861/jssr.52.498.506

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The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between feeding habit and the health of undergraduate students and to also ascertain the level of awareness of students on the nutritional value of food consumed followed by what necessitate their choice of food and how it affect their health. A stratified and simple random sampling method was adopted. Five research questions were raised in the study. Data was collected using a well-structured questionnaire (distributed to 220 students of Landmark University Kwara State, Nigeria out of which 200 were returned for analysis) along with an in-depth interview. The research design was descriptive survey. The theories used for this research are the rational choice theory and social learning theory. The major finding of the research shows there was a significant relationship between feeding habit and the health of students. There was no relationship between the cost of food and the feeding habit of students. The result revealed that (86.5%) of students’ choice of food was based on availability. The effect of feeding habit on the health of students indicated lack of retention (49.5%) while illnesses such as stomach pain, stooling, ulcer and food poisoning were the common reported cases. In conclusion, it was recommended that students should consume food based on its nutritional benefits and not just based on availability. Also the Nigeria government should drive the goal of agrarian revolution in order to meet the food need of the country at a cheaper rate.

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Talent management involves set of processes like workforce planning, recruitment, selection, onboarding, performance management, training and development, compensation management, succession planning functions with a purpose to make sure that there is enough supply of talented employees are available to support the needs of the organizational goal achievement (James, 2012)
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Talent management involves set of processes like workforce planning, recruitment, selection, onboarding, performance management, training and development, compensation management, succession planning functions with a purpose to make sure that there is enough supply of talented employees are available to support the needs of the organizational goal achievement (James, 2012). Talent management research and practice have significant implications for organizations in the global business environment. This has led to the adoption of new approaches towards understanding and evaluating talent management in organizations (Al Ariss and Crowley-Henry, 2013). The economy is characterized by the predominance of oil and gas sector and the high proportion of the expatriate population in its active workforce. This extreme heterogeneity of the workforce gives rise to the need to study talent management practices in a specific context of countries (Sidani and Al Ariss, 2014). In the changing world economic, political and social scenario, it is necessary to understand the dynamics of talent management, acquisition and retention of globally competitive and highly skilled talent which the proposed research area for this research paper

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