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© Saima Sattar and Nauman Khalid. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.

Abstract

Purpose

Potato-based snacks (PBS) are widely popular among people of all age groups despite known negative health aspects. University students, due to their busy routines and less familiarity with diets are more prone to selecting unhealthy meals and snacks. The study aims to explore the outlook of university students regarding their consumption of processed and packaged PBS in their daily lives and compares gender’s PBS choices with dietary habits and food environment.

Design/methodology/approach

A total of 122 students from various universities across Pakistan were included in this study. The data were collected using a structured questionnaire and distributed using the snowball method.

Findings

The university students showed a significant difference in their living habits (p = 0.016), where 25.4% of enrolled male students were hostellers as compared to females (14.8%). Significant differences were noticed in choosing PBS that further depends on the familiarity of the product, (p = 0.030), where 9.0% of female students rated familiarity with the product as being important while 20.5% of males responded familiarity as a critical factor. Studying the usual location/point of purchase for a PBS, a significant difference was observed (p = 0.008%) where more male students (27.9%) choose to buy their PBS from a local convenience store as compared to female students (18.9%). Female students (13.1%) would rather choose to buy their PBS on their weekly grocery runs.

Originality/value

This study concluded that female and male students’ attitudes regarding the consumption of PBS were almost the same regardless of environment and brand repute.

Highlights

  1. Dietary behavioral studies of consumption of PBS

  2. The environment and brand reputation have no impact on the consumption of PBS

  3. Gender differences have no impact on the selection of PBS

  4. Awareness and healthy selection of PBS are critical factors that need to be focused

Details

Title
Selection of processed and packaged potato-based snacks among university students: a cross-sectional study regarding food environment and dietary behavior
Author
Sattar, Saima 1 ; Nauman Khalid 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 School of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan 
 School of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan; College of Health Sciences, Abu Dhabi University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 
Pages
306-317
Publication year
2024
Publication date
2024
Publisher
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
ISSN
19859899
e-ISSN
25360051
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2985623363
Copyright
© Saima Sattar and Nauman Khalid. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.