Study of Behavioral Physiology of Diabetics Eating Habit, Life Style and Obesity

The Impact of Social and Psychological Factors on Eating Habits of Medical Students

Abstract

Eating habit has been a significant issue of the psychological status of university students. The goal of this research was to research food habits their subsequent social and psychological factors in medical students. 132 pre-clinical medical students at a Malaysian university performed a cross-sectional analysis. The questionnaire was self-administered, that included social demographic, anthropometric, eating psychosocial variables. Average age (±SD) was 22.7 (±2.4) age (18 to 30) years of respondents. More than half of them had daily dinner breakfast (57.6 56.1). Most (73.5) eat fruit less than 3 times a week, 51.5 eat food twice or more a week, 59.8 drink water less than 2 litres a week. Age and 'feeling good' in multivariate research have been significantly related to the food habits score (p<0.05). Most students have good eating habits in this study. Social psychological factors were significant influences for medical students' eating habits.