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Potato-based snacks (PBS) are widely popular among people of all age groups despite known negative health aspects. University students, due to their busy routines and less…
Abstract
Purpose
Potato-based snacks (PBS) are widely popular among people of all age groups despite known negative health aspects. University students, due to their busy routines and less familiarity with diets are more prone to selecting unhealthy meals and snacks. The study aims to explore the outlook of university students regarding their consumption of processed and packaged PBS in their daily lives and compares gender’s PBS choices with dietary habits and food environment.
Design/methodology/approach
A total of 122 students from various universities across Pakistan were included in this study. The data were collected using a structured questionnaire and distributed using the snowball method.
Findings
The university students showed a significant difference in their living habits (p = 0.016), where 25.4% of enrolled male students were hostellers as compared to females (14.8%). Significant differences were noticed in choosing PBS that further depends on the familiarity of the product, (p = 0.030), where 9.0% of female students rated familiarity with the product as being important while 20.5% of males responded familiarity as a critical factor. Studying the usual location/point of purchase for a PBS, a significant difference was observed (p = 0.008%) where more male students (27.9%) choose to buy their PBS from a local convenience store as compared to female students (18.9%). Female students (13.1%) would rather choose to buy their PBS on their weekly grocery runs.
Originality/value
This study concluded that female and male students’ attitudes regarding the consumption of PBS were almost the same regardless of environment and brand repute.
Highlights
Dietary behavioral studies of consumption of PBS
The environment and brand reputation have no impact on the consumption of PBS
Gender differences have no impact on the selection of PBS
Awareness and healthy selection of PBS are critical factors that need to be focused
Dietary behavioral studies of consumption of PBS
The environment and brand reputation have no impact on the consumption of PBS
Gender differences have no impact on the selection of PBS
Awareness and healthy selection of PBS are critical factors that need to be focused
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Alhassan Musah and Ibrahim Nandom Yakubu
This paper seeks to provide empirical insight into how industrialization and technology affect environmental quality in Ghana.
Abstract
Purpose
This paper seeks to provide empirical insight into how industrialization and technology affect environmental quality in Ghana.
Design/methodology/approach
Using Ecological Footprint (ECF) as a measure of environmental degradation, the authors employ annual data from World Development Indicators of the World Bank and the Global Footprint Network spanning from 1970 to 2017 and apply the fully modified least squares (FMOLS) technique.
Findings
The results reveal that industrialization has a negative significant influence on ECF, suggesting that industrialization contributes to environmental sustainability in Ghana. The authors find that technology is harmful to the environment as it has a positive significant effect on ECF. The study also documents that while education and financial development improve environmental sustainability, fossil fuel consumption exacerbates environmental degradation in Ghana.
Originality/value
The environmental impact of industrialization is still being debated, with very scanty empirical evidence in the African context. Based on a detailed review of the literature, this paper provides an initial attempt to investigate the industrialization–environmental sustainability nexus in Ghana. Besides, whereas most extant studies have employed CO2 emission as a proxy of environmental degradation, the authors use ECF to gauge the level of environmental degradation which is regarded as a more inclusive metric.
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