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Health Awareness Among Young Human Capital on Fast Food Consumption


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1 Department of Commerce with Professional Accounting, KG College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore – 641035, Tamil Nadu, India
 

Objectives: This research was carried to find the factors influencing student’s preference for fast food and to analyze the awareness of health problems due to excess fast food consumption and the hypothesis test on there is no relationship between educational qualification and health awareness.

Methods/Statistical Analysis: The period of study was 2017-2018. The study is based on primary data. The data has been collected through questionnaire. Convenience sampling method was adopted.100 samples were selected. The tools used in this study were percentage tables, Chi square test, Likert summated scaling technique with five-point scale was used.

Findings: We can see that 67% of respondents pick the shops because of the taste gave by the shop and 1% of the respondents favor the shops for its markdown offers. In this manner, the vast majority of the youths were not following rebates now-a-days they favor taste most importantly. 86 percent of respondents think about therapeutic issues caused by eating up more fast food. In spite of the way that they have not decreased their usage of fast food, which is a threat to their prosperity. Most of the respondents realize that restorative issues caused by eating fast food. The computed esteem 17.18 is more noteworthy than table esteem 7.81. Along these lines there is connection between instructive capability and wellbeing mindfulness. From the Likert Scale clearly medium state of mind on medical issues like circulatory strain, glucose, heart related issues and heftiness examined is more prominent than higher demeanor. The vast majority of the respondents know about medical issues caused by eating fast food.

Conclusion: It isn't difficult to win a war with garbage/quick nourishments against solid nutrition. Notwithstanding, one must be careful; it is in our grasp to pick fast food or wellbeing.


Keywords

Health Awareness, Fast Food, Human Capital, Well Being, Utilization.
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N. Jeny
Department of Commerce with Professional Accounting, KG College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore – 641035, Tamil Nadu, India

Abstract


Objectives: This research was carried to find the factors influencing student’s preference for fast food and to analyze the awareness of health problems due to excess fast food consumption and the hypothesis test on there is no relationship between educational qualification and health awareness.

Methods/Statistical Analysis: The period of study was 2017-2018. The study is based on primary data. The data has been collected through questionnaire. Convenience sampling method was adopted.100 samples were selected. The tools used in this study were percentage tables, Chi square test, Likert summated scaling technique with five-point scale was used.

Findings: We can see that 67% of respondents pick the shops because of the taste gave by the shop and 1% of the respondents favor the shops for its markdown offers. In this manner, the vast majority of the youths were not following rebates now-a-days they favor taste most importantly. 86 percent of respondents think about therapeutic issues caused by eating up more fast food. In spite of the way that they have not decreased their usage of fast food, which is a threat to their prosperity. Most of the respondents realize that restorative issues caused by eating fast food. The computed esteem 17.18 is more noteworthy than table esteem 7.81. Along these lines there is connection between instructive capability and wellbeing mindfulness. From the Likert Scale clearly medium state of mind on medical issues like circulatory strain, glucose, heart related issues and heftiness examined is more prominent than higher demeanor. The vast majority of the respondents know about medical issues caused by eating fast food.

Conclusion: It isn't difficult to win a war with garbage/quick nourishments against solid nutrition. Notwithstanding, one must be careful; it is in our grasp to pick fast food or wellbeing.


Keywords


Health Awareness, Fast Food, Human Capital, Well Being, Utilization.

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