Eating Behavior and Body Mass Index Status of Senior Regular Undergraduate Students of Addis Ababa University

Tefera Tezera Negera; Jemal Haidar Ali

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Eating Behavior and Body Mass Index Status of Senior Regular Undergraduate Students of Addis Ababa University

Tefera Tezera Negera, Jemal Haidar Ali

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The purpose of this study is to assess eating behavior and Body Mass Index status of Senior Regular Undergraduate students of Addis Ababa University. Institutional-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 774 sampled regular senior undergraduate students from three conveniently selected campuses of Addis Ababa University namely the main Campus, Technology and Science faculties. A pre-tested structured and semi structured questionnaires was used to collect the socioeconomic, demographic and eating behavior of the participants. This study highlights the presence of unhealthy eating behaviors attitude and a high prevalence of underweight among university students. It is concluded that promoting healthy eating behavior among young adults is crucial to achieve a healthy nutritional status.

DOI	10.11648/j.sjph.20160402.15
Published in	Science Journal of Public Health (Volume 4, Issue 2, March 2016)
Page(s)	107-116
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Eating Behavior, BMI, University Students, Addis Ababa

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Tefera Tezera Negera

School of Commerce, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Jemal Haidar Ali

Department of Reproductive Health and Health Service Management, School of Public Health, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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Tefera Tezera Negera; Jemal Haidar Ali. Eating Behavior and Body Mass Index Status of Senior Regular Undergraduate Students of Addis Ababa University. Sci. J. Public Health 2016, 4(2), 107-116. doi: 10.11648/j.sjph.20160402.15

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Tefera Tezera Negera, Jemal Haidar Ali. Eating Behavior and Body Mass Index Status of Senior Regular Undergraduate Students of Addis Ababa University. Sci J Public Health. 2016;4(2):107-116. doi: 10.11648/j.sjph.20160402.15

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