dc.contributor.author | Peltzer, Karl | |
dc.coverage.spatial | South Africa | en_GB |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-10-31T14:42:27Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-10-31T14:42:27Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2002-01 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Peltzer, Karl (2002) Nutrition knowledge and food choice among black students in South Africa, CAJM Vol. 1. Harare, Avondale: CAJM. | en_GB |
dc.identifier.issn | 0008-9176 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/4946 | |
dc.description | A CAJM journal article. | en_GB |
dc.description.abstract | Objectives: To investigate the relationship between nutrition knowledge and dietary behaviour, and to assess the perceived influences on food selection among Black students in South Africa.
Design: Cross sectional study.
Setting: University of the North and two semi-urban Secondary Schools.
Subjects: 213 second year social science university students, 104 (48.2%) male and 112 (51.9%) female, and 199 Grade 11 secondary school students, 67 male (32.7%) and 132 female (66.3%).
Main Outcome Measures: A General Nutrition Knowledge Questionnaire and a Food Choice Questionnaire. Results: Generally, students seemed to have below average nutrition knowledge levels. University students had significantly more nutrition knowledge than secondary school students. Dietary recommendations were associated with source of nutrients and diet-disease relationships, and sources of nutrients were associated with diet-disease relationships. Choosing everyday foods was not associated with dietary recommendations, source of nutrients, and diet-disease relationships. Among both university and secondary school students the three highest food choice factors included health, sensory appeal and mood. | en_GB |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Central African Journal of Medicine (CAJM), University of Zimbabwe | en_GB |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ | en_GB |
dc.subject | Health | en_GB |
dc.subject | Nutrition | en_GB |
dc.title | Nutrition knowledge and food choice among black students in South Africa | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.rights.holder | University of Zimbabwe | en_GB |