Chapter 5 Summary, Conclusions, and Recommendations

Summary of the Study and Findings The research study described the eating behaviors and lifestyle factors of identified obese students of Xavier University Main Campus. To point out, eating behaviors included binge eating, eating when stressed out, and skipping meals while lifestyle factors included activity level, alcohol consumption, and smoking habits. Therefore, the study attempted to portray the relationship of eating behaviors and lifestyle factors to obesity and profile among selected respondents. The following were the salient findings of the study: 1. There were dominant females than males taken as respondents. The Mean Age of the respondents was 20.42; varying age was from 19 to 21 years old; all respondents were single as to their civil status. 2. The most dominant Eating Behavior was Binge Eating followed by Skip Meal Eating and was dominant to females than males. 3. Lifestyle Factors focused on Activity Level than in Alcohol Consumption with higher incidence to females than males. None of the respondents reported to practicing smoking or having Smoking Habits. 4. Majority of the respondents belonged to Class I Obesity with a Mean BMI of 30.92 kg/m2.

42 5. There was no significant relationship between eating behaviors and lifestyle factors when respondents are grouped according to their profile. 6. There was a significant relationship between the eating behaviors and lifestyle factors of the respondents to their BMI Classes. 7. There was no significant relationship between the classes of BMI, eating behavior and lifestyle factors when grouped according to profile.

Conclusions Basing on the data and methodologies of the study, it was proven that the a. female respondents were dominant than the male respondents when it comes to frequency, b. Eating Behaviors and Lifestyle Factors were not significantly related when it comes to the respondents profile, however it was proven to be otherwise when it comes to the respondents BMI classes. c. there was a relationship between Eating Behaviors and Lifestyle Factors to Classes of BMI as to Activity Level. Wherefore, it is safe to conclude that in the study conducted, class of BMI was directly related to Eating Behaviors and Lifestyle Factors regardless of any type , respectively.

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Recommendations The researchers would like to recommend detailed and in-depth study of obesity using an enhanced questionnaire modeled from this researcher-made tool, to be used to a larger number of respondents. This will help build more feasibility and reliability on the different categories of assumptions and relatedness of the profile of the respondents, and to their class of obesity. The researchers would like to recommend other behaviors or factors to be incorporated so specifically point out a more detailed response to further the study of Eating Behaviors and Lifestyle Factors resulting to obesity, affecting BMI of any type of profile.