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A Study to Assess Relationship Between Nutrition Knowledge and Food Choices Among Young Females

Importance of proper nutrition as a vital aspect of lifestyle of females is emphasized in recent years. The objective of this study was to assess the nutritional knowledge of young females and its relationship with their usual food choices. The target population was young females of age 18 25; sample was 400 college students from different majors study subjects. It’s a cross-sectional study and sampling technique used was convenient sampling. Research participants were asked to fill out a survey based Standard Nutrition Knowledge Questionnaire for Adults with some modifications and for food choices Food Frequency Questionnaire was used. The collected data was analyzed by Descriptive test and Spearman Correlation Coefficient (P < 0.05). Results showed that mean nutrition related knowledge of young females is 55.30% which is average but not optimal while mean nutrition related knowledge of food & nutrition students is highest 71.35% and business students is lowest 43.83%. There was a significant relationship between nutritional knowledge and unhealthy food choices. As nutrition knowledge increases, intake of most unhealthy foods decreases. Food choices of young females were adequate but not optimal, they consume foods from all groups daily but they lack variety in their diet. Therefore, it was concluded that overall nutrition knowledge of young females is average and food choices are also adequate but relation between these two factors is not positively significant.