Food supplement consumption and its perceived benefits among IIUM students: A comparison study between health-related and non-health related undergraduate students

It was suggested that the misperceptions towards the food supplement consumption and its perceived benefit among university students may lead to the misuse of it. Therefore, the present study aimed to compare the food supplement consumption and its perceived benefits among health-related and non-hea...

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Main Authors:	Sidek, Suriati, S. Mahdzir, Sharifah Farhana
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Nutrition Society of Malaysia 2017
Subjects:	RA643 Public Health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine - Communicable Diseases and Public Health
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/62250/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/62250/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/62250/1/Malaysian%20Journal%20of%20Nutrition_Supp.pdf

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spelling	iium-622502018-03-02T03:50:08Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/62250/ Food supplement consumption and its perceived benefits among IIUM students: A comparison study between health-related and non-health related undergraduate students Sidek, Suriati S. Mahdzir, Sharifah Farhana RA643 Public Health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine - Communicable Diseases and Public Health It was suggested that the misperceptions towards the food supplement consumption and its perceived benefit among university students may lead to the misuse of it. Therefore, the present study aimed to compare the food supplement consumption and its perceived benefits among health-related and non-health-related undergraduate students of International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). A total of 178 participants comprising of 98 health-related and 80 non-health-related undergraduate students were participated in this cross-sectional study. The items in the questionnaire were adapted from the Malaysian Adult Nutrition Survey (MANS 2014). The food supplements assessed include non-vitamin and non-minerals (NVNM) and vitamins and minerals (VM). The results showed that non-health-related students were more likely to consume NVNM (46.3%) than health-related students (37.8%). For the consumption of VM, both health-related and non-health-related students reported a similar pattern of consumption which are 43.9% and 42.5%, respectively. The most frequently consumed NVNM supplement were fish oil and collagen whereas, vitamin C is the most VM supplement taken by participants. The main reason for taking NVNM and VM supplements was for health purposes and most of the participants claimed that they feel healthier after consuming food supplement. These findings revealed that food supplement consumption was prevalent among university students, regardless of their field of study because of its perceived benefits. Nutrition Society of Malaysia 2017-05 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/62250/1/Malaysian%20Journal%20of%20Nutrition_Supp.pdf Sidek, Suriati and S. Mahdzir, Sharifah Farhana (2017) Food supplement consumption and its perceived benefits among IIUM students: A comparison study between health-related and non-health related undergraduate students. Malaysian Journal of Nutrition, 23 (Supplement). S105-S105. ISSN 1394-035x https://seaphnconference2017.org/wp-content/uploads/download/2017/MJN_Supplement_Abstracts_Book_8May2017.pdf
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spellingShingle	RA643 Public Health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine - Communicable Diseases and Public Health Sidek, Suriati S. Mahdzir, Sharifah Farhana Food supplement consumption and its perceived benefits among IIUM students: A comparison study between health-related and non-health related undergraduate students
description	It was suggested that the misperceptions towards the food supplement consumption and its perceived benefit among university students may lead to the misuse of it. Therefore, the present study aimed to compare the food supplement consumption and its perceived benefits among health-related and non-health-related undergraduate students of International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM). A total of 178 participants comprising of 98 health-related and 80 non-health-related undergraduate students were participated in this cross-sectional study. The items in the questionnaire were adapted from the Malaysian Adult Nutrition Survey (MANS 2014). The food supplements assessed include non-vitamin and non-minerals (NVNM) and vitamins and minerals (VM). The results showed that non-health-related students were more likely to consume NVNM (46.3%) than health-related students (37.8%). For the consumption of VM, both health-related and non-health-related students reported a similar pattern of consumption which are 43.9% and 42.5%, respectively. The most frequently consumed NVNM supplement were fish oil and collagen whereas, vitamin C is the most VM supplement taken by participants. The main reason for taking NVNM and VM supplements was for health purposes and most of the participants claimed that they feel healthier after consuming food supplement. These findings revealed that food supplement consumption was prevalent among university students, regardless of their field of study because of its perceived benefits.
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author	Sidek, Suriati S. Mahdzir, Sharifah Farhana
author_facet	Sidek, Suriati S. Mahdzir, Sharifah Farhana
author_sort	Sidek, Suriati
title	Food supplement consumption and its perceived benefits among IIUM students: A comparison study between health-related and non-health related undergraduate students
title_short	Food supplement consumption and its perceived benefits among IIUM students: A comparison study between health-related and non-health related undergraduate students
title_full	Food supplement consumption and its perceived benefits among IIUM students: A comparison study between health-related and non-health related undergraduate students
title_fullStr	Food supplement consumption and its perceived benefits among IIUM students: A comparison study between health-related and non-health related undergraduate students
title_full_unstemmed	Food supplement consumption and its perceived benefits among IIUM students: A comparison study between health-related and non-health related undergraduate students
title_sort	food supplement consumption and its perceived benefits among iium students: a comparison study between health-related and non-health related undergraduate students
publisher	Nutrition Society of Malaysia
publishDate	2017
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/62250/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/62250/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/62250/1/Malaysian%20Journal%20of%20Nutrition_Supp.pdf
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Food supplement consumption and its perceived benefits among IIUM students: A comparison study between health-related and non-health related undergraduate students

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