Science And Recreation in UITM Seremban
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https://doi.org/10.37134/jsspj.vol13.2.9.2024Keywords:
Food insecurity, Depression, Stress, Anxiety, Mental HealthAbstract
Food is one of human beings' most basic requirements, as it provides both required and non-essential nutrients to the body. However, a person's eating habits can be influenced by several things, such as their physical health, financial circumstances, and environment. Food insecurity, a severe public health issue, is the inability to access wholesome food in a way that is safe and acceptable to society. While food insecurity is a nutritional state that influences diet and body weight, it also holds consequences for psychological well-being and has been linked to a rise in mental illness. The purpose of this study is to identify food insecurity and mental health in addition to investigate the relationship between these two among recreational athletes’ food insecurity and mental health among students of Faculty of Sport Science and Recreation in UiTM Seremban. A total of 112 respondents participated in completing the survey. The respondents were made up of female 50% (N = 56) and male 50% (N=56). The age of respondents is 18 – 20 years old 19.6% (N=22), 24 to 26 years old 4.5.7% (N=5) and above than 26 years old 0.3% (N=1). The survey was getting its respond highest from students aged 21 to 23 years old 77.7% (N=87). There were 112 respondents who took part and the results of the respondent’s food insecurity level show that majority 54.5% were food secure (N=61), 29.5% were in moderate food insecure (N=33) and 16.1% were in food insecure category (N=18). The result showed there were no association between food insecurity and mental health domains among students of FSR between all variables. Overall, the present take into consideration of its limitation to better fine-tune the result.
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