TY  - JOUR
T1  - Nutritional Awareness and Carbohydrate, Protein and Lipid Knowledge Among
Undergraduate Students at the University of Jordan/Aqaba Branch
AU - H. Al-Slaihat, Abed 
JO  - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
VL  - 14
IS  - 18
SP  - 6596
EP  - 6600
PY  - 2019
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-949x
DO  - jeasci.2019.6596.6600
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2019.6596.6600
KW  - Nutritional awareness
KW  -carbohydrate
KW  -protein
KW  -lipid knowledge
KW  -undergraduate students
KW  -Jordan
KW  -gender
AB  - In recent years, there is growing interest in nutrition education among people all over the world,
especially, among students. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate the nutritional awareness and
knowledge about carbohydrate, lipid and protein among undergraduate students in Jordan. The sample was
collected using a survey that was distributed to undergraduate students at the University of Jordan at Aqaba.
The results show that nutritional awareness among students is slightly high (3.8/5) and students are most
knowledgeable about obesity effect on health. However, results indicate that knowledge among students about
carbohydrate, protein and lipid was low (1.6, 1.7, 1.8/5), respectively. Finally, the results show that there is no
significant different among students based on gender, faculty and GPA.
ER  -