This study is focused on Changing Food Habits of Students in Nizwa College of Technology Nizwa, Sultanate of Oman. The objectives of the study is to understand the changing food habits of students in NCT and its effect, to understand the problems faced by students of NCT after consuming outside food and to analyze the long-term effect of changing food habits of students in NCT. The data collected from primary and secondary sources by using an interview schedule with doctors and structured questionnaire with 200 students taken as sample from four departments of Nizwa College of Technology and used for analysis. Sampling method used for the study is stratified proportionate random sampling. The results of the study showed that 52 % of respondents prefer the fast food over homemade food, 35% of the respondents eat fast food daily and 41% of the respondents eat fast food thrice a week, the average age of the patients visiting the hospitals is ranging from 18-40, 58% respondents visited doctors from one to four times since last month, 46% of respondents visited the doctor since last month for various reasons like stomach upset, fever, food poison and diarrhea. Chi- Square test is used for testing the hypotheses. The study proved that the outside fast food intake among Nizwa college students is increasing day by day and their health is affected. Researchers proposed an appropriate suggestion to reduce intake of fast food by the students of Nizwa college of Technology for improving their health.

This study is focused on Changing Food Habits of Students in Nizwa College of Technology Nizwa, Sultanate of Oman. The objectives of the study is to understand the changing food habits of students in NCT and its effect, to understand the problems faced by students of NCT after consuming outside fo...