Influencing factors in dietary supplement consumption among university students / Nor Intan Shamimi Abdul Aziz

In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in consuming dietary supplements which believed to promote a healthy lifestyle among generations. However, lack of knowledge and peer pressure can be the problems despite its long success. Thus, the aim of this study is twofold; i) to assess the...

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Main Authors: Abdul Aziz, Nor Intan Shamimi, Mohamed Shafii, Nurul Fazira, Azizam, Nor Azmaniza, Dzulkiply, Mohd Redhuan
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Published: Universiti Teknologi Mara Selangor 2020
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/33032/
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Mohamed Shafii, Nurul Fazira
Azizam, Nor Azmaniza
Dzulkiply, Mohd Redhuan
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Mohamed Shafii, Nurul Fazira
Azizam, Nor Azmaniza
Dzulkiply, Mohd Redhuan
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description In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in consuming dietary supplements which believed to promote a healthy lifestyle among generations. However, lack of knowledge and peer pressure can be the problems despite its long success. Thus, the aim of this study is twofold; i) to assess the sociodemographic information among the students on taking dietary supplements and ii) to examine the influencing factors that lead to dietary supplements consumption among undergraduate students in Selangor, Malaysia. Findings explained through equal distribution of survey between faculties, a majority of female students (72.5%) participated in this study compared to male students (27.5%) with both genders are in a good health condition (60.6%) and having normal BMI reading (65.3%). All the factors such as the perception of knowledge (r = 0.387), lifestyle behaviour (r = 0.541) and efficacy of the supplements (r = 0.548) indicate a moderate positive relationship towards dietary consumption in their daily life, respectively. More health educational talks need to be conducted in future to increase knowledge among university students. Future recommendations are drawn through the suggestion of reassessing other factors that lead to the DS consumption through qualitative method analysis.
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spelling uitm-330322020-08-18T03:10:05Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/33032/ Influencing factors in dietary supplement consumption among university students / Nor Intan Shamimi Abdul Aziz abrij Abdul Aziz, Nor Intan Shamimi Mohamed Shafii, Nurul Fazira Azizam, Nor Azmaniza Dzulkiply, Mohd Redhuan RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology Diet therapy. Dietary cookbooks In recent years, there has been an increasing interest in consuming dietary supplements which believed to promote a healthy lifestyle among generations. However, lack of knowledge and peer pressure can be the problems despite its long success. Thus, the aim of this study is twofold; i) to assess the sociodemographic information among the students on taking dietary supplements and ii) to examine the influencing factors that lead to dietary supplements consumption among undergraduate students in Selangor, Malaysia. Findings explained through equal distribution of survey between faculties, a majority of female students (72.5%) participated in this study compared to male students (27.5%) with both genders are in a good health condition (60.6%) and having normal BMI reading (65.3%). All the factors such as the perception of knowledge (r = 0.387), lifestyle behaviour (r = 0.541) and efficacy of the supplements (r = 0.548) indicate a moderate positive relationship towards dietary consumption in their daily life, respectively. More health educational talks need to be conducted in future to increase knowledge among university students. Future recommendations are drawn through the suggestion of reassessing other factors that lead to the DS consumption through qualitative method analysis. Universiti Teknologi Mara Selangor 2020-06 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/33032/1/33032.pdf Abdul Aziz, Nor Intan Shamimi and Mohamed Shafii, Nurul Fazira and Azizam, Nor Azmaniza and Dzulkiply, Mohd Redhuan (2020) Influencing factors in dietary supplement consumption among university students / Nor Intan Shamimi Abdul Aziz. (2020) Advances in Business Research International Journal <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Advances_in_Business_Research_International_Journal.html>, 6 (1). pp. 1-11. ISSN 2462-1838
spellingShingle RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology
Diet therapy. Dietary cookbooks
Abdul Aziz, Nor Intan Shamimi
Mohamed Shafii, Nurul Fazira
Azizam, Nor Azmaniza
Dzulkiply, Mohd Redhuan
Influencing factors in dietary supplement consumption among university students / Nor Intan Shamimi Abdul Aziz
title Influencing factors in dietary supplement consumption among university students / Nor Intan Shamimi Abdul Aziz
title_full Influencing factors in dietary supplement consumption among university students / Nor Intan Shamimi Abdul Aziz
title_fullStr Influencing factors in dietary supplement consumption among university students / Nor Intan Shamimi Abdul Aziz
title_full_unstemmed Influencing factors in dietary supplement consumption among university students / Nor Intan Shamimi Abdul Aziz
title_short Influencing factors in dietary supplement consumption among university students / Nor Intan Shamimi Abdul Aziz
title_sort influencing factors in dietary supplement consumption among university students / nor intan shamimi abdul aziz
topic RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology
Diet therapy. Dietary cookbooks
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/33032/