Digital Food Ordering and other Factors that Influence Dietary Intake among Undergraduates in Selected Colleges in Universiti Putra Malaysia

Hanifah Syukri, Husna (2021) Digital Food Ordering and other Factors that Influence Dietary Intake among Undergraduates in Selected Colleges in Universiti Putra Malaysia. [Project Paper] (Submitted)

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Abstract

Introduction: The process of eating starts with the choices that were made before the act of eating itself. Nowadays, there several factors that may influence the choice thus the amount of food eaten in daily life and one of them is digital food ordering (DFO). Digital food ordering (DFO) is defined as a platform that allows restaurant businesses to accept and manage orders placed over the internet. Thus, this study is aimed to find if there are associations between DFO and other factors and dietary intake of individuals. The factors that were studied in this study socio-demography Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 123 undergraduates in selected colleges in the university The respondents need to complete an online survey comprised of 4 which includes socio-demographic, the size of food container used, digital food ordering and food frequency questionnaire which is all self-administered. The instruments include socio-demography, that includes sex, age, ethnicity, religion, current year of study and monthly pocket money and the size of food container used and portions of eaten food, and dietary intake using food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) and the intention on continue using DFO in the future. Pearson product-moment correlation test will be used to determine the relationship between two continuous variables while the Chi-square test will be used to determine the association between two categorical variables. Results: There are no significant associations between all the factors studied in this study which is socio-demographic factors, the size of food containers and digital food ordering and dietary intake among the respondents in this study. p value for every variable in socio-demographic with dietary intake is .967, .897, .91, .962 and .502 respectively. P value for size of food container and dietary intake is .421, .086, .571, .171, .575 and .501. p value for digital food ordering with dietary intake is .827. Conclusion: There is no significant association between digital food ordering, socio-demographic factors and size of food container with dietary intake. This is may be due to a couple of limitations in this study. This study did not take note the respondent’s weight as when the FFQ is completed, the mean energy intake cannot be determined as under reported or not. In upcoming studies, FFQ is suggested to do a face-to-face interview as self-administered questionnaire will lead to the possibilities of under reporting. For future studies, instead of only finding the size of food containers, the portion sizes need to be determined to see if the container size really affects the dietary intake.

Item Type:	Project Paper
Faculty:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Science
Depositing User:	Mr Khoirul Asrimi Md Nor
Date Deposited:	21 Aug 2023 04:08
Last Modified:	21 Aug 2023 04:08
URI:	http://psaspb.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/926

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