A Descriptive Study to Assess the Knowledge of 11 - 16 Years Age Children's Regarding Health Hazards of Junk Food in a Selected School at Gopeshwar, Chamoli in View to Develop Pamphlet
Abstract: Junk food is the term given to food that is high in calories but low in nutritional content. In 11 - 12 years age children both boys and girls undergo several physical and psychological changes which make them to become partly responsible for their own health and welfare. Psychological development of children such as independence and acceptance by peers may affect school children food choices and nutrient intake which place them to adopt unhealthy eating behaviors like addiction to junk food. An attempt has been made to conduct a descriptive study to assess the knowledge of 11 - 16 years age children?s regarding health hazards of junk food in Kendriya Vidyalaya at Gopeshwar, Chamoli. The conceptual framework used in this study was based on Modified Health Belief Model. Objective of study: 1) To assess the existing knowledge of 11 - 16 years age children regarding the health hazards of junk food in a selected school. 2) To find association between knowledge regarding the health hazards of junk food with their selected demographical variables. 3) To compare level of knowledge of 11 - 16 years age children of housewife mother and working mother.4. To develop and distributes pamphlets regarding health hazards of junk food. Hypothesis H1 ? there is a significant difference between level of Knowledge of children of working mother with level of Knowledge of children of house wife mother regarding health hazard of junk food. H2 - there is a significant association between level of knowledge of children with their demographic variables regarding health hazards of junk food at 0.05) regarding health hazards of junk food. And there is no significant difference between the knowledge of 11 - 16 years age children of house wife mother and working mother.
Keywords: Assess, knowledge, Health Hazards, junk food
How to Cite?: Meena, Himani, Mayank, Pooja, Shivani, Vineeta, "A Descriptive Study to Assess the Knowledge of 11 - 16 Years Age Children's Regarding Health Hazards of Junk Food in a Selected School at Gopeshwar, Chamoli in View to Develop Pamphlet", Volume 10 Issue 9, September 2021, International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), Pages: 976-979, https://www.ijsr.net/getabstract.php?paperid=SR21918003852, DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21275/SR21918003852