Studying some factors related to food choice and eating at fast food Restaurants Universities students | ||
| Journal of Association of Arab Universities for Tourism and Hospitality | ||
| Article 1, Volume 8, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-26 PDF (422.39 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jaauth.2011.61410 | ||
| Authors | ||
| mostafa Abo El enen; Hanan M. El-Gamel | ||
| Faculty of Tourism & Hotels, Alexandria University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| This research was carried out to study some factors related to food choice and eating from fast-food restaurants among university students. Data were collected through a designed questionnaire gathered from a random sample of 284 Faculty of Tourism & Hotels students, Alexandria University, Egypt. The results indicated that about 64.8% of the sample suffers overweight or obesity, Also the results showed a statistically significant negative correlation between some independent variables as the students’ residence and gender and eating food at fast-food restaurants as a dependent variable. Also, Foul and Tamia restaurants preferred as number one (40.4%) and a significant positive correlation found between this type of restaurant and the independent variables: family income, mother education, father education, and gender. Food taste showed to be the most factor affecting restaurant choice. Also, the most important reason behind eating at fast-food restaurants during the study day was that students hadn't enough time to return back to eat at home. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| food consumption; Fast Food Restaurants; eating habits; food choice; universities students | ||
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