Nutrition Knowledge, Diet, and Stress Among Saudi University Employees

232 university employees in Saudi Arabia completed validated questionnaires on nutrition knowledge, dietary habits, and stress. The mixed-methods study, authored by Alyaa M. Zagzoog, found 86.2% of participants had medium to high nutrition knowledge, yet irregular eating patterns and low fruit/vegetable intake were significantly linked to higher stress. Qualitative interviews explored workplace barriers to healthy eating.

Use Cases

• Analyzing associations between dietary habits and stress levels based on survey responses.
• Investigating the link between nutrition knowledge scores and healthier food choices.
• Exploring workplace environmental and sociocultural barriers to healthy eating through qualitative findings.
• Modeling predictors of stress among university employees using demographic and behavioral variables.

Strengths

• Includes 232 survey responses from a defined population of university employees.
• Uses validated instruments: General Nutrition Knowledge Questionnaire, Arabic Food Frequency Questionnaire, and Arabic Stress Overload Scale.
• Combines quantitative survey data with qualitative interview findings for mixed-methods evidence.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count for the underlying quantitative data is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset is small at 66.4 KB, indicating limited scope.

Provenance

Source

Alyaa M. Zagzoog via figshare

Collection Method

Mixed-methods design combining an online quantitative survey with virtual semi-structured interviews.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-26 04:39:10; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Universities in Saudi Arabia