Water Consumption Pattern among Young Adults in a Higher Institution in Mubi Adamawa State

• 作者: Nkereuwem Sunday Etukudoh Ocheola Oki Joyce Ene
• 来源期刊: 食品与营养科学(英文)
• 学科: 数学
• 关键词: WATER Consumption Pattern Young Adults HYPOHYDRATION
• 年，卷（期）: 2020,（10）
• 页码范围: 969-982
• 页数: 14页
• 分类号: O17

摘要

Considering the injurious effects of hypohydration, a study on the water consumption pattern of young adult in a specified higher institution in Adamawa State was sought due to concerns on the low plain water consumption with the objectives of understanding the average daily consumption, as well as knowing contributors to total body fluid intake. A qualitative cross sectional sweep survey (CSSS)</span><span style="font-family:""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">using simple random sampling</span><span style="font-family:""> </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">(SRS) method was carried out, a pilot sturdy which achieved a cronback alpha of >0.7 reliability questionnaire was used to carry, while Conchrans formula was adopted to determine sample size N</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">,</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> which was 400. The result showed that majority of the respondents 176(44) were 21 years of age in their early adulthood, many, 187(46.75) used borehole water as their source of household water. Most of the respondents 272(69) agreed to drinking rain water. Some respondents 200(50) choose pure satchet water as their major source of drinking water, about half 200(50) of the respondents drink 1.5</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> L</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> or less of water daily, while only 13(3.25) of the respondents drink 5 - 6 </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">L</span><span style="font-family:""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">/day of water, on the average. Most of the respondents 174(43.3) take orange as their most commonly consumed fruit, taking a maximum of 4 oranges per day, 160(40) of the respondents eat apple as their most commonly consumed fruit, with a maximum of </span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">one apple a day both apple</span></span><span style="font-family:Verdana;">s</span><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> and oranges give 87% fluid of their total weight. Some respondents 40(10) attested to being diabetic, with