Abstract
This paper examined the relationship between three context factors and food behavior of students in public universities in Edo State, Nigeria. The study was an ex-post facto research design adopting correlation approach. A sample of 956 students participated in the study. Three research questions and corresponding hypotheses guided the study. A self structured 43 item questionnaire was administered for data collection. The Mean, Standard deviation and Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) was used to establish the relationship between the variables. Findings revealed that: there is a significant relationship between personal factors and eating behavior of students in public universities in Edo State (r.062; P<.05); there is a significant relationship between school environment factors and eating behavior of students in Edo State (r.078; P<.05); and there is a significant relationship between peer factors and eating behavior of students in Edo State (r.076: P<.05). This paper recommends that it is of essence to give nutrition education a place in the curriculum of the university school system amongst other recommendations.
Highlights
According to 1 eating behavior is a broad term that encompasses food choice, feeding practices, dieting and eating related problem
The result of this study shows that there is a significant relationship between personal factors and eating behavior of students
This study reveals that there is a significant relationship between school environment and eating behavior of respondents
Summary
According to 1 eating behavior is a broad term that encompasses food choice, feeding practices, dieting and eating related problem. It is an attribute shaped over time in the life of an individual. Eating behavior is said to be healthy when people and individuals balance their meal by using the food pyramid and practice these manners; masticate food slowly and properly to avert unnecessary consumption, drinking a tumbler of water at some stage at meals, addition of more fibre to enrich the meals and consuming smaller meals at a time. Among the lots of factors predisposing people to these diseases, is obesity which is nutrition related To this end, 4 attributed the cause of obesity to nutrition transition characterized by a trend towards consumption of foods high in fat, sugar and refined food that are low in fibre
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