Knowledge, attitude and perception on climate change and dietary choices in a predominantly Chinese university students population in Klang Valley
Climate change is a public health threat that is aggravated by the food supply chain. A dietary shift to climate-friendly foods is a feasible strategy to mitigate it. This study aimed to investigate the associations between knowledge, attitude, perception towards climate change, and barriers to...
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| author | Ling, Jun Lee En, Serene Hui Tung Wan, Ying Gan Satvinder Kaur, |
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| description | Climate change is a public health threat that is aggravated by the food supply chain. A dietary shift to climate-friendly foods
is a feasible strategy to mitigate it. This study aimed to investigate the associations between knowledge, attitude, perception
towards climate change, and barriers to climate-friendly foods with dietary choices of university students in Klang Valley. A
cross-sectional study was conducted among 303 Malaysian university students (71.9% Chinese) aged 18 to 30 years in Klang
Valley, by using Google form to assess knowledge, attitude, perception towards climate change, barriers to climate-friendly
food, and climate-friendly dietary choices. The average climate-friendly diet score (CFDS) was 0.36±2.21, with a significantly
higher CFDS among females than males (p=0.012). The majority of them were having good knowledge (76.6%), a good
attitude (66.3%), and a moderate level of perception (62.0%) towards climate change. About two-thirds of them reported social
media as the main (63.0%) and preferred (63.7%) sources to receive information about climate change. Through multiple linear
regression, barriers to climate-friendly food choices (β=-0.084; p<0.001) significantly contributed to climate-friendly dietary
choices (F=4.215; p<0.001), whereby 14.9% of the variances were climate-friendly dietary choices of university students.
Findings could be incorporated into dietary education to tackle barriers to climate-friendly foods among university students. |
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| spelling | oai:generic.eprints.org:207372022-12-14T07:14:57Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/20737/ Knowledge, attitude and perception on climate change and dietary choices in a predominantly Chinese university students population in Klang Valley Ling, Jun Lee En, Serene Hui Tung Wan, Ying Gan Satvinder Kaur, Climate change is a public health threat that is aggravated by the food supply chain. A dietary shift to climate-friendly foods is a feasible strategy to mitigate it. This study aimed to investigate the associations between knowledge, attitude, perception towards climate change, and barriers to climate-friendly foods with dietary choices of university students in Klang Valley. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 303 Malaysian university students (71.9% Chinese) aged 18 to 30 years in Klang Valley, by using Google form to assess knowledge, attitude, perception towards climate change, barriers to climate-friendly food, and climate-friendly dietary choices. The average climate-friendly diet score (CFDS) was 0.36±2.21, with a significantly higher CFDS among females than males (p=0.012). The majority of them were having good knowledge (76.6%), a good attitude (66.3%), and a moderate level of perception (62.0%) towards climate change. About two-thirds of them reported social media as the main (63.0%) and preferred (63.7%) sources to receive information about climate change. Through multiple linear regression, barriers to climate-friendly food choices (β=-0.084; p<0.001) significantly contributed to climate-friendly dietary choices (F=4.215; p<0.001), whereby 14.9% of the variances were climate-friendly dietary choices of university students. Findings could be incorporated into dietary education to tackle barriers to climate-friendly foods among university students. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2022 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/20737/1/037-045%2BMAB%2B2275.pdf Ling, Jun Lee and En, Serene Hui Tung and Wan, Ying Gan and Satvinder Kaur, (2022) Knowledge, attitude and perception on climate change and dietary choices in a predominantly Chinese university students population in Klang Valley. Malaysian Applied Biology, 51 (3). pp. 37-45. ISSN 0126-8643 https://jms.mabjournal.com/index.php/mab/issue/view/46 |
| spellingShingle | Ling, Jun Lee En, Serene Hui Tung Wan, Ying Gan Satvinder Kaur, Knowledge, attitude and perception on climate change and dietary choices in a predominantly Chinese university students population in Klang Valley |
| title | Knowledge, attitude and perception on climate change and dietary choices in a predominantly Chinese university students population in Klang Valley |
| title_full | Knowledge, attitude and perception on climate change and dietary choices in a predominantly Chinese university students population in Klang Valley |
| title_fullStr | Knowledge, attitude and perception on climate change and dietary choices in a predominantly Chinese university students population in Klang Valley |
| title_full_unstemmed | Knowledge, attitude and perception on climate change and dietary choices in a predominantly Chinese university students population in Klang Valley |
| title_short | Knowledge, attitude and perception on climate change and dietary choices in a predominantly Chinese university students population in Klang Valley |
| title_sort | knowledge, attitude and perception on climate change and dietary choices in a predominantly chinese university students population in klang valley |
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