The Factors That Affect The Rate of Obesity Among Year 2 Faculty Hospitality, Tourism and Wellness Students, UMK Kampus Kota

Abstract

Health has an important place in human life quality for the current and next generation. Many people assume that eating without thinking about what they put into their bodies will not affect them in any way but in contrast, food gives one of the biggest effects on a person’s wellbeing. The main focus of this study is to investigate the effects of social culture that influence the health of the third year students of Faculty Hospitality, Tourism and Wellness in Universiti Malaysia Kelantan, Kampus Kota. A quantitative approach was used to collect and analyze the data. A total of 105 students has been selected by using simple random sampling and cluster sampling method to fulfill our pilot study. Data were collected using the validated Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile Questionnaires (HPLP II). The significance of this study lies in the fact that it can give the students the policy of social culture to have a better and healthy lifestyle that can help them to manage their health conditions. It can also help students change their behaviour in lifestyle and improve their health. Furthermore, the study used Mann-Whitney U Test to present the research hypothesis. The result shows significant value of social culture effects towards student health. The research found that the effect affecting students’ health are Lifestyle, Dietary Knowledge, and Social Support.