TITLE:
Water Consumption Pattern among Young Adults in a Higher Institution in Mubi Adamawa State
AUTHORS:
Nkereuwem Sunday Etukudoh, Ocheola Oki Joyce Ene
KEYWORDS:
Water, Consumption Pattern, Young Adults, Hypohydration
JOURNAL NAME:
Food and Nutrition Sciences,
Vol.11 No.10,
October
29,
2020
ABSTRACT: Considering the injurious effects of hypohydration, a study on the water
consumption pattern of young adult in a specified higher institution in Adamawa
State was sought due to concerns on the low plain water consumption with the
objectives of understanding the average daily consumption, as well as knowing
contributors to total body fluid intake. A qualitative cross sectional sweep survey
(CSSS) using
simple random sampling (SRS)
method was carried out, a pilot sturdy which achieved a cronback alpha of
>0.7 reliability questionnaire was used to carry, while Conchrans formula
was adopted to determine sample size N, which was 400. The result showed that majority of the respondents
176(44) were 21 years of age in their early adulthood, many, 187(46.75) used
borehole water as their source of household water. Most of the respondents
272(69) agreed to drinking rain water. Some respondents 200(50) choose pure
satchet water as their major source of drinking water, about half 200(50) of
the respondents drink 1.5 L or less of water daily, while only 13(3.25) of the respondents drink 5 -
6 L/day of
water, on the average. Most of the respondents 174(43.3) take orange as their
most commonly consumed fruit, taking a maximum of 4 oranges per day, 160(40) of
the respondents eat apple as their most commonly consumed fruit, with a maximum
of one apple a day both apples and oranges give 87% fluid of their total weight. Some respondents
40(10) attested to being diabetic, with 13(3.26) of them agreeing to consuming
alcohol, 377(94.25) confirmed they drink at least a bottle of carbonated drink
daily. The study reveals that most young adults (21 - 25 years of age) in the sturdy area drink below the recommended daily
requirement for water therefore, intervention as well as public enlightenment
is required to encourage good water consumption pattern among young adults.