Hardik Patel, T. Chakraborty*, M. Baidya, S Chauhan, Devang Patel and K Pancholi.

Krupanidhi College of Pharmacy, Chikkabellandur, Carmelram Post, Bangalore - 560 035, India.

Abstract

OBJECTIVE A questionnaire-based survey was conducted to know about the irregularity in their food habit which effectively infected the young student population of age between 16-20 years. METHODS The study was conducted on December - January 2009-10 on questionnaire-based survey in some colleges of Bangalore where the people form all over India studies. Total number of volunteers (male and female) was One fifty one (151). RESULTS The percentage population who don’t have regular breakfast is 44%, lunch is 3.68%, and evening food is 17.03%. They have given the basic reasons behind their irregularity of food habits were late wake up (71.52%), early college timing (28.47%), not hungry (43.69%) The present survey also provide us the information about diseases due to irregular food habit like Pimples (45%), stomach pain (29%), Acidity (19%) , constipation (16%) , and loose motion (5.3%). CONCLUSION From the above data we can conclude that majority of young student community is not following healthy food habit which may strongly effect their future health. Today’s minor symptoms may be tomorrow’s major disease. Hence, there is a need to educate the youth regarding healthy food habits.

Keywords

food habit; young college student; irregularity

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Introduction

The basic need of human being is food. In the present silicon world, people are changing their life style¹ along with that their food habits are also changing especially among the young generation. A good regular food habit include morning breakfast² , lunch , evening snacks and dinner which comprises of the adequate amount of  calories required by the body in the form of carbohydrates , proteins , lipids, vitamins and minerals . But with the changing world people especially the young adult have gone through a lot of changes especially they have irregular food habit^3-1 which are leading  them to the house of diseases and illness. The main reasons for the irregularities^3-2 in their food habit is  modern and competitive life style , school and colleges timing, deviation from basic food to fast-food etc. and these all together act as the main reason behind the complaints of  young generation of being tired and several type of acute⁴ and chronic form of disease⁵.

Material and Method

The present survey aims at finding out the percentage of youth who follows healthy eating habits and life style .Hence indirectly we also obtained the no. Of candidates who do not follow healthy eating habits and to what difficulties they face. A survey was conducted on 151 of young adults of age (16 to 20) and sex (M-33.33% and F -66.66%) about their food habits. The study was done in different colleges of Bangalore (Kormangala) starting from 10+2 to bachelor degree. The study was done over a month from 15th Dec. To 15^th Jan. Of 2009-10.

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Results and Discussion

The data collected from survey was arranged analyzed and statically validated. Total number of volunteers are 151 both male and female. After the analysis of data it was found that the percentage population who don’t have regular breakfast is 44%, lunch is 3.68%, and evening food is 17.03% Table-1, Figure-1. The basic reasons behind not having the break fast due to lack of time (71.52%) and college timing (28.47%), reasons behind not having lunch due to lack of time (26.45%) and college timing (73.54%), reasons behind not having evening food due to not hungry (43.69%) and no habit of taking evening food (56.3 %) Table-2, Figure-2, 3, 4. The present survey also helps us to find out the details of certain kind of disease because of irregular food habit like Pimples (45%), stomach pain (29%), Acidity (19%), constipation (16%), and loose motion (5.3%) Table-3, Figure-5.

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Table 1: Irregularity in normal food habit

Irregularity in  break fast	Irregularity in lunch	Irregularity in evening food
44 %	03.68 %	17.03 %

 

Table 2: Reason of  irregularity in food habit

Break fast		Lunch		Evening food
lack of time	college timing	lack of time	college timing	Not  hungry	No habit of taking evening food
71.52 %	28.47 %	26.45%	73.54 %	43.69 %	56.3 %

 

Table 3: Common health problem

Pimples	stomach pain	Acidity	constipation	loose motion
45 %	29 %	19 %	16 %	5.3 %

 

Conclusion

Often young people complain of being tired and complain of different types of diseases which are attributed to not eating well or as said unhealthy food habits. Young generation needs to be educated about food and healthy food habits like not skipping meals, having food from all generation of food .if they want to have snack, it should be healthy items like cheese, fruits, yoghurt  & not fried items like puffs ,samosa, chips which will give extra calories and fattyness without any nutrition. In college, there should be nutrition experts who can guide students to eat healthy & remain fit and fine for long.

Acknowledgement

We are very much thankful to the chairman of the krupanidhi Institution Dr. Prof. Suresh Nagpal to giving us opportunity and helping us morally to carry out the survey .We also extend our thanks to the chairman of oxford dental college and oxford engineering college for providing their student as our volunteers.

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