Knowledge, attitude and perception on climate change and dietary choices in a predominantly Chinese university students population in Klang Valley
Climate change is a public health threat that is aggravated by the food supply chain. A dietary shift to climate-friendly foods is a feasible strategy to mitigate it. This study aimed to investigate the associations between knowledge, attitude, perception towards climate change, and barriers to clim...
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2022
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| author | Lee, Ling Jun En, Serene Hui Tung Gan, Wan Ying Satvinder, Kaur |
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| description | Climate change is a public health threat that is aggravated by the food supply chain. A dietary shift to climate-friendly foods is a feasible strategy to mitigate it. This study aimed to investigate the associations between knowledge, attitude, perception towards climate change, and barriers to climate-friendly foods with dietary choices of university students in Klang Valley. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 303 Malaysian university students (71.9% Chinese) aged 18 to 30 years in Klang Valley, by using Google form to assess knowledge, attitude, perception towards climate change, barriers to climate-friendly food, and climate-friendly dietary choices. The average climate-friendly diet score (CFDS) was 0.36±2.21, with a significantly higher CFDS among females than males (p=0.012). The majority of them were having good knowledge (76.6%), a good attitude (66.3%), and a moderate level of perception (62.0%) towards climate change. About two-thirds of them reported social media as the main (63.0%) and preferred (63.7%) sources to receive information about climate change. Through multiple linear regression, barriers to climate-friendly food choices (β=-0.084; p<0.001) significantly contributed to climate-friendly dietary choices (F=4.215; p<0.001), whereby 14.9% of the variances were climate-friendly dietary choices of university students. Findings could be incorporated into dietary education to tackle barriers to climate-friendly foods among university students. |
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| spelling | upm.eprints-1020592023-09-22T23:55:38Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/102059/ Knowledge, attitude and perception on climate change and dietary choices in a predominantly Chinese university students population in Klang Valley Lee, Ling Jun En, Serene Hui Tung Gan, Wan Ying Satvinder, Kaur Climate change is a public health threat that is aggravated by the food supply chain. A dietary shift to climate-friendly foods is a feasible strategy to mitigate it. This study aimed to investigate the associations between knowledge, attitude, perception towards climate change, and barriers to climate-friendly foods with dietary choices of university students in Klang Valley. A cross-sectional study was conducted among 303 Malaysian university students (71.9% Chinese) aged 18 to 30 years in Klang Valley, by using Google form to assess knowledge, attitude, perception towards climate change, barriers to climate-friendly food, and climate-friendly dietary choices. The average climate-friendly diet score (CFDS) was 0.36±2.21, with a significantly higher CFDS among females than males (p=0.012). The majority of them were having good knowledge (76.6%), a good attitude (66.3%), and a moderate level of perception (62.0%) towards climate change. About two-thirds of them reported social media as the main (63.0%) and preferred (63.7%) sources to receive information about climate change. Through multiple linear regression, barriers to climate-friendly food choices (β=-0.084; p<0.001) significantly contributed to climate-friendly dietary choices (F=4.215; p<0.001), whereby 14.9% of the variances were climate-friendly dietary choices of university students. Findings could be incorporated into dietary education to tackle barriers to climate-friendly foods among university students. Malaysian Society of Applied Biology 2022-09-30 Article PeerReviewed Lee, Ling Jun and En, Serene Hui Tung and Gan, Wan Ying and Satvinder, Kaur (2022) Knowledge, attitude and perception on climate change and dietary choices in a predominantly Chinese university students population in Klang Valley. Malaysian Applied Biology, 51 (3). 37 - 45. ISSN 0126-8643 https://jms.mabjournal.com/index.php/mab/article/view/2275 10.55230/mabjournal.v51i3.2275 |
| spellingShingle | Lee, Ling Jun En, Serene Hui Tung Gan, Wan Ying Satvinder, Kaur Knowledge, attitude and perception on climate change and dietary choices in a predominantly Chinese university students population in Klang Valley |
| title | Knowledge, attitude and perception on climate change and dietary choices in a predominantly Chinese university students population in Klang Valley |
| title_full | Knowledge, attitude and perception on climate change and dietary choices in a predominantly Chinese university students population in Klang Valley |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Knowledge, attitude and perception on climate change and dietary choices in a predominantly Chinese university students population in Klang Valley |
| title_short | Knowledge, attitude and perception on climate change and dietary choices in a predominantly Chinese university students population in Klang Valley |
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