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Eating habit as a determinant of the level of anger, depression and anxiety among youth in Ikenne Local Government of Ogun State, Nigeria

Authors: ADEOYE Bolade , & ADEOYE Ayodele

Publication Type: Journal article

Journal: Journal Of Research In Agriculture

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Eating habits play an important role in our lives and consequently determine the quality of life we live. Hence, the study examines the combined and relative effects of level of anger, depression and anxiety on eating habits of youth.It made use of simple random technique in selecting 250 youths within Ikenne Local Government at Ogun State, Nigeria. The age range of the respondents was between 15 to 35 years with the mean age of 25.2 and standard deviation of 3.291. The ex-post factor research design was employed. A 20 item questionaire psychology of eating (PEQ) with four subscales were used in generating data for the study. Data analysis involved the use of multiple regressions (enter) procedure and ANOVA (one- way). The result indicated that the predictors' variables accounted for 62.7% of the variation in eating habit. Each of the independent variables contribute significantly with depression (F201,48) = 8.440;P< .05; follow by anger (F201,48) = 7.087;P< .05 and lastly by anxiety level(F201,48) = 7, 087;P< .05 are all significant. Also, the three independent variables showed the Beta values for anxiety (?) = .387; t = 8.008; P< .05 ;anger (?) = .241; t = 5.138; P< .05 and depression (?) = 2.881; t = 8.008; P< .05 are all significant. Therefore, they are good determinants of eating habit. On the basis of this finding, it is then suggested that, youth should cultivate the eating of balanced diet other than junk foods and those concern with the welfare of the youth should step up awareness of eating healthy food that is beneficial.

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ADEOYE,B. ADEOYE,A. . (2009). Eating habit as a determinant of the level of anger, depression and anxiety among youth in Ikenne Local Government of Ogun State, Nigeria, 6 (), 73-73.

ADEOYE,B. ADEOYE,A. . "Eating habit as a determinant of the level of anger, depression and anxiety among youth in Ikenne Local Government of Ogun State, Nigeria" 6, no (), (2009): 73-73.

ADEOYE,B. and ADEOYE,A. and . (2009). Eating habit as a determinant of the level of anger, depression and anxiety among youth in Ikenne Local Government of Ogun State, Nigeria, 6 (), pp73-73.

ADEOYEB, ADEOYEA, . Eating habit as a determinant of the level of anger, depression and anxiety among youth in Ikenne Local Government of Ogun State, Nigeria. 2009, 6 ():73-73.

ADEOYE,Bolade , and ADEOYE,Ayodele . "Eating habit as a determinant of the level of anger, depression and anxiety among youth in Ikenne Local Government of Ogun State, Nigeria", 6 . (2009) : 73-73.

A.Bolade & A.Ayodele , "Eating habit as a determinant of the level of anger, depression and anxiety among youth in Ikenne Local Government of Ogun State, Nigeria" vol.6, no., pp. 73-73, 2009.

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