Based on the statistical analysis, we can infer that there is no significant difference between the amount and proportion of healthy food consumption between students from LFS and students from other faculties.

This result was not expected as most existing literature found that people with greater nutrition knowledge would eat healthier foods. As mentioned before, the research study published by Ha and Caine-Bish (2009) found that average fruit and vegetable consumption to be higher by students who had taken a nutrition course. In addition, studies display a positive correlation between nutrition knowledge and healthier food choices (Kolodinsky, 2007); yet our analysis does not agree with this finding.

Potential Errors:

• Perhaps there was a response bias and people did not answer the survey truthfully; people may also be too lazy to specify ‘other’ foods.
• Although students from other faculties were not consistently exposed to nutritional values at school, they may have taken a nutrition seminar or given nutrition information sometime in their life either by their parents, past teachers…etc.
• Hard to interpret what exact products participants are eating; although granola bars are considered healthy, many brands opt for the type loaded with sugar and trans-fats which is NOT healthy!

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References:

Ha., E. J., Caine-Bish. N. (2009). Effect of Nutrition Intervention Using a General Nutrition Course for Promoting Fruit and Vegetable Consumption among College Students. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 41(2), 103-109.

Kolodinsky, J., Harvey-Berino, J.R., Berlin, L., Johnson, R. K., Reynolds, T. W. (2007). Knowledge of Current Dietary Guidelines and Food Choice by College Students: Better Eaters Have Higher Knowledge of Dietary Guidance. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 107(8), 1409-1413.