Factors of Obesity among Student at University Malaysia Kelantan City Campus

Abstract

This research presents the study on the factors of obesity among students at University Malaysia Kelantan, City Campus. Obesity is a medical disease in which excess body fat has built up to the point where it may be harmful to one's health. However, obesity can relate to students. Therefore, this research seeks to investigate the relationship between the habits of unhealthy eating patterns that lead to obesity, the relationship between the unhealthy lifestyle that can cause obesity and the relationship between stress factors and obesity among UMK students. There are 357 respondents from UMK City Campus students to answer the survey conducted by the researcher. The data analysis was done by SPSS Software application. This study provided numerical data about the relationship between unhealthy eating, unhealthy lifestyle, stress, and obesity among UMK City Campus students. The findings show that unhealthy eating, unhealthy lifestyle, stress, and obesity have a relationship with less than 0.01 of p-value. The result shows that the relationship between unhealthy eating, unhealthy lifestyle, stress, and obesity are significant. It was found that all research objectives have been answered, and all hypotheses were accepted. A few recommendations related to the study have been proposed by the researchers.