By Adam Berls

to your health

To Your Health: Unhealthy Eating

Jun 24, 2023 | 9:33 AM

PRINCE GEORGE — New research has shown that poor eating habits established in post-secondary education can lead to health challenges later in life. We learn more in this week’s To Your Health.

A UBC Okanagan researcher is cautioning that a person’s poor eating habits established during post-secondary studies can contribute to future health issues including obesity, respiratory illnesses and depression.

“Not surprisingly, we found that a lot of students didn’t have very healthy eating habits. This study was actually conducted in a number of universities across China with my colleagues there. The findings could this study could have easily been done here in Canada as well and found similar results. I don’t think it’s too surprising that students do have poor eating habits in in colleges and universities when we think about it.” – Dr. Joan Bottorff, Professor, School of Nursing, UBCO

Establishing healthy eating habits early on can help dissuade unhealthy habits in the future. Unhealthy eating can also affect a student’s academic achievement.

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“Establishing these healthy habits, eating habits early when people are beginning to establish independent lifestyles away from their families is really important.” – Dr. Joan Bottorff, Professor, School of Nursing, UBCO

To help students foster a culture of healthy eating, creating an awareness of understanding is important for students, on how to prepare healthy meals for example.