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Food Consumption and Diet: Ecological Footprint among Universiti
Malaysia Terengganu and Universiti Sultan Zainal Abidin Students
Nur Anis Fatirah binti Mohd Yusoff
Supervisor: Dr. Nursalwa binti Baharuddin
Bachelor of Applied Science
(Biodiversity Conservation and Management)
School of Marine and Environmental Sciences
Universiti Malaysia Terengganu
Ecological footprint is an environmental indicator which reveal how far people
are from sustainable state. Nowadays, food consumption contribute to
environmental impacts due to lack awareness of ecological footprint especially
among students. Therefore, this study was aimed to determine knowledge of
ecological footprint, pattern of food consumption in term of diet practices, food
preparation, waste disposal and finally to identify sustainable way in food
consumption among Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT) and Universiti
Sultan Zainal Abidin (UniSZA) students. Questionnaire survey was conducted
among 747 students from both universities. 57% of UMT and 72% of UniSZA
students had low awareness about knowledge of ecological footprint. Chisquare
test showed a significant difference between knowledge of ecological
footprint with age and accommodation types but no significant difference in
gender. In dietary practices, 53% of UMT and UniSZA students practicing lightmeat
eater where they included meat meal in every two or three days. Besides,
93% students think that it is important to practice sustainable lifestyle in food
consumption.
1730 | UMT UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH DAY 2018