THE INFLUENCE OF UITM PUNCAK ALAM STUDENT LIFESTYLE

TOWARDS THEIR HEALTH.

1.1

INTRODUCTION

1.2

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

Most of the students in UiTM Puncak Alam need to have a good

lifestyle and habits to have themselves a healthy body and maintain
perfect composition of body. In a hectic life as student, having a good
lifestyle are difficult to implement as their schedule are volatile with
various activities and events. Consequences of that situation, many
students affected by low performance in educational achievements
and increase in everyday stress level, in which need to be investigated.
By having a fit body, it can reduce depression and anxiety, and helps
maintain physical and mental health of student. Besides that, healthy
body improve student time management by restructure their hectic
schedule in term of priority and duration of event. Students can learn
to discipline themselves because getting a healthy body takes time, if
the student were starting from absolute nothing and used to live in
poor lifestyle. It will make them realize that there are more advantages
and great outcomes in healthy living, and probably for their long term
future.

1.3

PROBLEM STATEMENT
Malaysian is well-known as the most obese country in Asian. This is
because Malaysian citizen spent their time in an unproductive lifestyle.
Most of the Malaysia citizens are too busy with other things until they
forget to spend their time for something that benefits to their body.
This problem are also effect among student. Due to compact timetable,
students are not having a better lifestyle for their health. Students

mostly spent their time at their room doing nothing instead of do an

exercise or participate in sports. Thus this study is to aim what is the
impact of UiTM Puncak Alam students lifestyle on their health.

1.4

OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY

1.4.1 To determine whether students are having a healthy lifestyle
1.4.2 To identify the influence of students lifestyle towards their health
1.4.3 To find out the awareness of students lifestyle on their health
behavior

1.5

SIGNIFICANT OF THE STUDY

This study is conducted for Uitm Puncak Alams students to determine

the impact of the students lifestyle on their health. A students
lifestyle is one of the determinants of their health. This study is
important as the students will know what kind of lifestyle they have
been practicing whether they are having a healthy or unhealthy
lifestyle. This study will help us to identify the influence of the
students lifestyle towards their health and find out the level of
awareness of the students towards their lifestyle effects on their health
behavior. This study will guide the students on having the necessary
lifestyle to survive in Uitm Puncak Alam.

1.6

SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS

The study involves 50 respondents who are UiTM Puncak Alam

students from various faculties and the instrument used to obtain data
is a questionnaire. The limitation is when student are too busy with
their class and assignment. Besides that, it is difficult to find a students
who can manage well their time table to create healthy lifestyle