BMI and Eating Habits for Preservice Teachers at the Faculty of Education, Lebanese University
Abstract
A Mixed study was conducted on 222 students, all females enrolled in all semesters at the faculty of Education. The aim of this study was to evaluate how far the Health Education course taken by students in all majors, is influencing their eating habits and their awareness of a good health. Data were collected from 1) a self-administered questionnaire on BMI and eating habits, 2) on- site administering BMI questionnaire, and 3) a Post-Questionnaire administered in 3 classes, who participated in the Healthy Food Day. To increase the validity of results, a focus group member checking was used. Results showed that, preservice teachers have a normal BMI but they have bad eating habits. The more students are in high semester, the more they do not exercise regularly and they consume more time on the internet and less time on reading. As for smoking, it varied from one major to another.