Association between types of domicile and nutritional status of college students in Indonesia
- DOI
- 10.2991/icesshum-19.2019.111How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- body mass index, college students, nutritional status
- Abstract
Nutritional status is a requirement of a person’s health convinced by the diet, the levels of nutrients containing in the body, and normal metabolic integrity. Types of domicile generally impact the behavior of daily consumptions, which further can affect the health of students. The objective of this study was to identify the types of domicile associated with the nutritional status of college students in Indonesia University of Education. Nutritional status was assessed based on body mass index, and categorized as normal, overweight, and obese. The collected data were analyzed using multinomial regression logistic method. Samplings were carried out among 322 students with 39.75% of students were living with parents and the remaining of 60.25% were living in boarding house or dormitory. Based on nutritional status categories, 24.84 % of the students were categorized as obese, 40.99 % were overweight, and the remaining 34.16% were categorized as normal. The results showed that there are no significant differences between types of domicile with the nutritional status of college students. It is recommended to further investigate the eating habits of college students in Indonesia University of Education and propose interventions to improve nutritional status.
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- © 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Syifa F. Syihab AU - Kuston Sultoni AU - Adang Suherman PY - 2019/08 DA - 2019/08 TI - Association between types of domicile and nutritional status of college students in Indonesia BT - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Education Social Sciences and Humanities (ICESSHum 2019) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 699 EP - 704 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/icesshum-19.2019.111 DO - 10.2991/icesshum-19.2019.111 ID - Syihab2019/08 ER -