Dieting Practices Among Students in Ahfad University for Women(School Of Health Sciences)

Data was collected using a questionnaire and anthropometric measurements. The questionnaire was
used to gather information about
the participants and the socio-demographic data of their families, their dieting behavior and their food habits; in
addition to the physical activities they performed. Whereas, the anthropometric measurements were taken to
measure height, weight; BMI and waist to hip ratio.
Other data was collected from books scientific magazines,
previous researches, articles and from the internet.
Data were analyzed by the computer using the Statistical
Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) and presented in the form of tables showing frequencies and percentages. The
result of the study indicated that 26.6% the students of the School of Health Sciences had practiced dieting before
or were still on diet during the study tim