Razali, Siti Fatimah (2020) Nutritional status and blood pressure level according to human chronotype among undergraduate students in Universiti Putra Malaysia. [Project Paper] (Submitted)
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Abstract
Previous studies suggest that human chronotype plays an important role in maintaining individual’s health. Human chronotype is a characteristic indicating which time of the day a person prefers for rest and performs activity, in which it is categorized as a morning, intermediate or evening person. Evening types are often shown to practice poorer health behaviors such as consuming less vegetables, fruits and fish as well as often being physically inactive as compared to morning types, that might be related to negative health outcomes such as overweight and obesity and hypertension. Therefore, this cross-sectional study examined differences in sociodemographic background, nutritional status and blood pressure level according to human chronotype among undergraduate students in Universiti Putra Malaysia. A total of 226 undergraduate students (75.7% female and 24.3% male) aged 20.41±1.23 years from three randomly selected programs participated in this study. They completed a self-administered questionnaire including sociodemographic characteristics, human chronotype and meal patterns. Anthropometry measurements and blood pressure level were measured. A 24-hour dietary recall was conducted through a face-to-face interview. Results showed that the prevalence of overweight and obesity was 19.0% and 12.4%, respectively. About 40.4% of the respondents had high body fat percentage and 21.1% were classified as hypertension. Majority of the respondents had poor dietary intake and skipped main meals (85%). Majority of the students were intermediate type (78.3%), followed by morning type (15.9%) and evening type (5.8%). Moreover, more morning types were freshmen compared to intermediate and evening types. Morning type had significantly higher zinc intake (p=0.013), diastolic blood pressure (p=0.001) and systolic blood pressure (p=0.031) as compared to evening type. Furthermore, body composition, macronutrient, micronutrients, meal timing and meal pattern except breakfast skipping (p=0.001) were not significantly differed according to human chronotype. In conclusion, this study suggested that evening types were prone to have unhealthy eating behaviors such as breakfast skipping and had lower blood pressure level. Health promotion programs should highlight the importance of healthy eating and weight management by taking their chronotype into consideration.
| Item Type: | Project Paper |
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| Faculty: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Science |
| Depositing User: | Ms Norafizah Radzuan |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Sep 2023 04:17 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Sep 2023 04:17 |
| URI: | http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/1251 |
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