ABSTRACT

Background of the study: This study shows the eating habits and exercise among the adolescents in the selected school of Vadodara. This also shows that nowadays what type of food is consumed & daily physical activity done by the adolescents. There are different ways to lead a healthy life style which includes proper balanced diet and exercise. Irregular and unhealthy eating habits may lead to various disease conditions. Descriptive study has been conducted and had found the significant and non-significant values. Aim: The main aim of the study is to assess the exercise and eating habits among adolescents (13-19 year) in selected school of Vadodara. Material and Method: A descriptive study was conducted in assessing the eating habits and exercise among the adolescents in the selected school of Vadodara. This study consists of total 350 sample and data were collected from the selected school of Vadodara. Five-point Likert scale questionnaire was given to assess the physical assessment and food preferences of the adolescents. Here non-probability and convenience sampling had been used as the sampling technique. The statistics used here were chi-square test to find out association between the eating habits andexercise among the adolescents and selected demographic variables. Result: In regard to the eating habits and exercise among the adolescents, 350 samples were used for association between exercise and eating habits among adolescents and selected demographic variable tested by using chi-square test and the result of physical activity among adolescents revealed that majority 280(80%) were fairly active person, 55(15.7%) were very active person and 15(4.3%) were not doing physical activity with score range of 15-38, the Median score was 27, and Mean score was 26.91 and Standard Deviation was 3.569 and eating habits among the adolescent revealed that majority 288(82.2%) had good eating habits, 38(10.9%) had very good eating habits and only 24(6.9%) had average eating habits with score range of 108-209, the Median score was 170, and Mean score was 170.01 and Standard Deviation was 17.73. Conclusion: The present study concluded that majority of the adolescents were having good eating habits and majority of them were fairly active person and there is association between eating habits and exercise among the adolescents and selected demographic variables. Keywords: Eating habits, Exercise, Adolescents
Publication date: 15/12/2023

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2023/12.12.1041