A Study of Fast Foods Consumption Attitude among Secondary High School Students, Ardakan, Yazd, Iran

Introduction: Healthy and nutritional habits are formed and consolidated during adolescence. So this research has been done in Ardakan-Yazd province on high school studentschr('۳۹') attitude to fast food use. Methods: In this cross-sectional descriptive study, ۲۰۰ students have been chosen by stratified sampling method and the data was collected by a questionnaire which approved its reliability and validity. All the descriptive data has been analyzed by SPSS ۱۶ software through Chi-square experiment and ANOVA tests.  Results: The results of the experiment determined that ۵۵% of the students were female, and ۹۳% were single. The studentschr('۳۹') BMI was as follow: ۲۲% thin (BMI< ۱۸.۵) ۵۶% normal (۱۸.۵≤ BMI< ۲۵) ۱۴.۵% overweight (۲۵≤ BMI< ۳۰) ۶.۵% fat (obese) (BMI ≥۳۰).The female has a positive attitude to fast foods (P= ۰.۰۳). The mean attitude score for eating fast food in ۱۷-۱۸ years old group was more than ۱۵-۱۶ years old students (P= ۰.۰۰۱). The mean attitude score also showed that the single students were more eager to eat fast foods than the married students (P= ۰.۰۰۱) Conclusion: Most of the people who use fast foods are low educated, teenagers, youth and singles. On the other hand, social media like TV and radio and family has a significant effect on correct nutritional habits. So improving familychr('۳۹')s attitudes and educating students and teachers by social media can help in transferring data to the students and their teachers.

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Attitude ، High school students ، Fast Foods ، Yazd ، نگرش ، دانش آموزان دبیرستانی ، فست فود ، اردکان یزد