Soft Drink Consumption Patterns of Middle School Students in North Okkalarpa
Background: Urbanization and economic development in Myanmar have brought about culture and dietary transition from a traditional to a westernized diet. The health of the nation, especially the youth, may influence the changing dietary patterns: i.e., the higher the soft drink consumption, the highe...
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| description | Background: Urbanization and economic development in Myanmar have brought about culture and dietary transition from a traditional to a westernized diet. The health of the nation, especially the youth, may influence the changing dietary patterns: i.e., the higher the soft drink consumption, the higher the prevalence of soft drink-related diseases.
Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out among 250 middle school students in North Okkalarpa Township, Yangon Region. Data were collected using self-structured questionnaires, and respondents were selected by using simple random sampling method.
Results: In this study, 81.2% of the students consumed soft drink once a day, and the main reasons were taste, preference, and availability at home. Chi-square test showed significant relationship between gender and soft drink consumption patterns (p = 0.005), and a strong significant relationship was observed between education level and soft drink consumption patterns (p = 0.000). However, Kruskal–Wallis statistics showed significant relationship between education level and soft drink consumption habit (p = 0.003).
Conclusions: This study focused on the knowledge regarding soft drink, habits, and consumption patterns among students. This study highlighted that knowledge of preventive measures of non-communicable diseases since school age can also reduce the disease burden of Myanmar. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7cf3016f78de43249d0f27bd6b7b3eac2023-02-17T04:26:41ZengUniversitas IndonesiaMakara Journal of Health Research2356-36642356-36562021-04-01251535810.7454/msk.v25i1.1258Soft Drink Consumption Patterns of Middle School Students in North OkkalarpaMoh Moh Thwe0Sein Yaw May1Min Htike Aung2Department of Community Health Nursing, University of Nursing, Yangon 11131, MyanmarDepartment of Community Health Nursing, University of Nursing, Yangon 11131, MyanmarDepartment of Community Health Nursing, University of Nursing, Yangon 11131, MyanmarBackground: Urbanization and economic development in Myanmar have brought about culture and dietary transition from a traditional to a westernized diet. The health of the nation, especially the youth, may influence the changing dietary patterns: i.e., the higher the soft drink consumption, the higher the prevalence of soft drink-related diseases. Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out among 250 middle school students in North Okkalarpa Township, Yangon Region. Data were collected using self-structured questionnaires, and respondents were selected by using simple random sampling method. Results: In this study, 81.2% of the students consumed soft drink once a day, and the main reasons were taste, preference, and availability at home. Chi-square test showed significant relationship between gender and soft drink consumption patterns (p = 0.005), and a strong significant relationship was observed between education level and soft drink consumption patterns (p = 0.000). However, Kruskal–Wallis statistics showed significant relationship between education level and soft drink consumption habit (p = 0.003). Conclusions: This study focused on the knowledge regarding soft drink, habits, and consumption patterns among students. This study highlighted that knowledge of preventive measures of non-communicable diseases since school age can also reduce the disease burden of Myanmar.https://scholarhub.ui.ac.id/mjhr/vol25/iss1/9/middle school studentsnon-communicable diseasessoft drink consumption |
| spellingShingle | Moh Moh Thwe Sein Yaw May Min Htike Aung Soft Drink Consumption Patterns of Middle School Students in North Okkalarpa Makara Journal of Health Research middle school students non-communicable diseases soft drink consumption |
| title | Soft Drink Consumption Patterns of Middle School Students in North Okkalarpa |
| title_full | Soft Drink Consumption Patterns of Middle School Students in North Okkalarpa |
| title_fullStr | Soft Drink Consumption Patterns of Middle School Students in North Okkalarpa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Soft Drink Consumption Patterns of Middle School Students in North Okkalarpa |
| title_short | Soft Drink Consumption Patterns of Middle School Students in North Okkalarpa |
| title_sort | soft drink consumption patterns of middle school students in north okkalarpa |
| topic | middle school students non-communicable diseases soft drink consumption |
| url | https://scholarhub.ui.ac.id/mjhr/vol25/iss1/9/ |
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