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Life style changes in Saudi Arabia over recent decades made major impact on food habits and physical activity of individuals. Overweight and obesity are emerging epidemic affecting large proportion of population especially adolescents. This paper aims to find the influence of eating habits and physical activity on body mass index of female nursing students. A descriptive study was conducted in College of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences, Jazan University among one hundred and twenty eight female nursing students. Demographic Performa and Self-administered questionnaire on eating habits and physical activity were used to collect the data. Individual subject height and weight were measured to calculate body mass index. Majority (36.7%) of them were in 20 years. Nearly half of students (50.8%) had family history of chronic illness in which 38.1% of family members suffered with diabetes. About 12.5% of them experienced irregular menstrual cycles. Level of body mass index revealed 18.7% were obese, while 18% were overweight, 38.3% were normal and 25% were underweight. Frequency of consuming restaurant food, fast foods, chocolates, juices and carbonated drinks was much higher as compared to intake of vegetables and fruits in a day or over a week. More than one third of subjects (36.7%) were not involved in any form of physical activity. Association between level of body mass index with their eating habits and physical activity had statistical significance (p˃0.05) only for portion size of meals taken. The present study findings suggest educational programme has to be tailored to create awareness on healthy eating habits and physical activity among adolescents to prevent prevalence of non-communicable disease in future.

Influence of Eating Habits and Physical Activity on Body Mass Index of Female Nursing Students