Awareness, knowledge and practise of the healthier choice logo Malaysia among undergraduate students in Universiti Putra Malaysia

Harith Fadzillah, Nur Raihanah (2020) Awareness, knowledge and practise of the healthier choice logo Malaysia among undergraduate students in Universiti Putra Malaysia. [Project Paper] (Submitted)

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Abstract

Healthier Choice Logo (HCL) was introduced by the Ministry of Health Malaysia to combat obesity issues. This study aims to evaluate the awareness, knowledge and practise of HCL among undergraduate students in Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM). A cross-sectional study with a total of 184 respondents participating in this study. The respondents were required to answer a self-administered questionnaire that consist 4 sections which are sociodemographic characteristics, awareness, knowledge, and practise of HCL. Chi-square test of independence and Pearson’s correlation test were used to identify associations between sociodemographic characteristic, awareness, knowledge and practise of HCL. The mean age of the respondents was 21.13 ± 1.42 years and majority of the respondents were females (58.0%), Malay (85.3%), studied engineering (50.0%), living in college dormitory (65.2%), mother (37.5%) and father (34.2%) completed secondary school, having allowance of less than RM500 (28.3%), from the B40 category household (46.7%) and having a household size of more than 4 person (71.2%). The study found 40.8% respondents were having high awareness and 71.2% had moderate knowledge with mean scores of 3.07 ± 0.86 and 18.24 ± 2.90, respectively. Besides that, 35.3% of the respondents were using HCL during shopping. Year of study (p<0.05) and knowledge of HCL (p<0.01) were associated with awareness of HCL. Father’s (p<0.05) and mother’s (p<0.05) education level, and field of study (p<0.05) showed associations with knowledge of HCL. Sex (p<0.05), living arrangement (p<0.05), awareness (p<0.01) and knowledge (p<0.05) of HCL showed associations with practise of HCL. In conclusion, the results showed high awareness but moderate knowledge level and still low practise of HCL among students in UPM. This indicates that HCL is not a determinant in purchasing packaged food. There are associations between awareness, knowledge and practise of HCL which shows awareness and knowledge of HCL plays a role in the practise of HCL. Finally, more exposure on HCL must be done especially by the government to increase the awareness, knowledge and practise of HCL.

Item Type:	Project Paper
Faculty:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
Depositing User:	Ms Norafizah Radzuan
Date Deposited:	04 Sep 2023 07:23
Last Modified:	04 Sep 2023 07:23
URI:	http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/1257

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