The extent of awareness of the staff of Bilad Al-Rus Community College - Sanhan about nutritional awareness

Abstract

The research aimed to identify the extent of awareness of employees at Bilad Al-Rus Community College - Sanhan of some aspects related to food and nutrition that constitute, in their entirety, what is known as nutritional awareness. Data were collected by designing a questionnaire and distributing it to the research community consisting of (56) individuals. After that, the data were entered into the computer for processing using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS), and arithmetic averages, T-test, one-way analysis of variance, standard deviation, and percentages were used. The research concluded with the following results: Increased awareness of the respondents regarding the main food groups and the role of food components in human life. Their awareness is average regarding the alkaline effect on the body resulting from eating vegetables and fruits and the necessity that daily needs of vegetables and fruits be greater than grains and the role of zinc in the body and the types of vitamins that the body obtains from fats. While the level of awareness is low regarding the energy derived from vegetables and fruits and the acidic effect on the human body as a result of eating grains and their products. There are no significant differences between the respondents' responses regarding the two research axes "the cognitive level regarding the main food groups" and "the cognitive level regarding the role of food components in human life" attributed to gender, age, job, years of service and educational qualification.