Abstract:
he study investigated attitude of students in the University of Education, Winneba
towards nutrition information on food labels. The study adopted the cross-sectional
survey designand involved344 respondents randomly sampled from a target
population of about 15,778 students.Data collection was done by online survey using
a questionnaire designed with Google Forms. The study found among other things,
that:level of awareness of respondents about nutritional information on food labels
was high(68.0%);respondents who were knowledgeable about nutritional information
made healthier food choices, implyingthat the use of nutritional information had some
significant effects (p=0.01) on food choices;students encountered some difficulties in
reading and understanding nutritional information on food labels; demographic
characteristics (gender) of respondentsdid not significantly influence food choicesof
respondents (p=0.08); there was a negative correlation (-0.642) between levels of
awareness about nutritional information and effects of reading nutritional information.
However,correlation between level of awareness and difficulties encountered in
reading nutritional information was positive (0.555);there was a negative correlation
between difficulties encountered and the effects of reading and understanding
nutritional information (-0.502).It is recommended that conferences, seminars and
symposia be organized on the importance of reading nutritional information;
designers of food labels should use legible and readable fonts in designing food
labels. It was also suggested that further studies be conducted to compare the attitude
of students and workers towards the use of nutritional information for making food
choices.
Description:
A THESIS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF HOME ECONOMICS EDUCATION,
FACULTY OF SCIENCEEDUCATION, SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF
GRADUATE STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION, WINNEBA IN
PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD
OF A MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY (HOMEECONOMICS) DEGREE