Survey Questions

April 5, 2012

This survey is to measure the nutritional eating habits of students on and off campus enrolled at UofL. When answering questions about eating food, consider ONE portion of food is about ½ cup.

There are 9 questions. Please mark your response with a check or X.

1. Gender:

______Male _____Female

2. What is your living situation while at UofL?

____Commuter (Off-campus) ____Dorms (On-campus)

3. I eat meat (beef, chicken, fish, other protein) PER WEEK:

___Never/infrequently ___1-7 times (once daily) ___8-14 times (twice daily) __15-21 times or more (three or more daily)

4. I eat vegetables/fruits (raw, cooked, etc.) PER WEEK:

___Never/infrequently ____1-7 times (once daily) ___8-14 times (twice daily) ___15-21 times or more (three or more daily)

5. I eat starches (bread, cereal, rice, food w/grains) PER WEEK:

__Never/infrequently ___1-7 times (once daily) ___8-14 times (twice daily) __15-21 times or more (three or more daily)

6. I eat/drink dairy products (milk, cheese, yogurt, etc.) PER WEEK:

___Never/infrequently ___1-7 times (once daily) ___8-14 times (twice daily) ___15-21 times or more (three or more daily)

7. I eat/drink products containing sugars/fats (snack foods, candy, chips, sports drinks, etc.) PER WEEK:

___Never/infrequently ___1-7 times (once daily) ___8-14 times (twice daily) ___15-21 times or more (three or more daily)

8. Based on a traditional food pyramid, which pie chart would you say describes a balanced diet? (Pie charts are provided but are unable to be loaded to blogger).

9. Has eating on campus negatively effected your eating habits?

___Yes ___Somewhat ____No

Plan for Research for IMRaD Report

April 3, 2012

Plan for Research for IMRaD Report

For my upcoming assignment regarding the IMRaD report, I have decided to form a survey for college students based on their nutritional awareness and health while in college. My two research questions are:
1. What are the eating habits and general health of the average college student?
and
2. What are their current levels of health awareness (regarding food and their nutritional properties)?

These two questions combined will form the background for my main research question: How does the health awareness of a student effect their eating habits?

I will survey a group of my classmates (15-17), a few other college students (2-4), and then have a phone interview with a post-college graduate to see her perspective on her eating habits while in college and whether it effected her future view of health, etc. This will provide additional research to my paper in a different depth of the field.

Once I gather the data, I will compare the two sections of the survey (section #1 which asks questions about the current eating habits of the student) and (section #2 which asks questions about health awareness) to see the correlation of current health and nutritional awareness. I will also consider factors such as whether the student lives off campus or on campus and the gender of the student, amongst others. Lastly, I will use the interview I conducted to see whether or not attention paid to college health should effect college students in their future life after the world of academia.