Eating Behaviours in Adolescent Population - UK
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TO ANALYZE THE FACTORS INFLUENCINGEATING BEHAVIOR IN ADOLESCENTPOPULATION IN THE UK
TABLE OF CONTENTStask 1................................................................................................................................................1a) Identification of the factors that influence the process of research project selection..............1b) Purpose and outline of the research.........................................................................................1c) Preliminary literature review...................................................................................................2d) Research methodology with justification................................................................................2e) Research plan including Gantt chart........................................................................................7Task 2...............................................................................................................................................7a) Literature Review....................................................................................................................7b) Carrying out main primary research......................................................................................13Implication of primary research.............................................................................................13Questionnaire.........................................................................................................................13c) Recording and collection of primary data.............................................................................14Task 3.............................................................................................................................................15a) Analysis of the data using appropriate graphs and diagrams................................................15b) Conclusion, recommendations and area for further research................................................24Task 4.............................................................................................................................................25references.......................................................................................................................................26
TASK 1a) Identification of the factors that influence the process of research project selectionEating behavior is one of the contemporary issue of UK which is affecting physical andmental health of teenagers. So, author has selected the current research subject. Further,researcher has theoretical knowledge of the research and other related concepts of the researchsubject which will help in completing the whole investigation” (Kaplan, and Garfinkel, 2013).So, author has chosen that particular subject. Along with this, it has huge research scope for thefuture investigation. So, it is also one of the major reason behind the project selection. b) Purpose and outline of the researchIntroductionEating behavior or habits of adolescent is changing day by day due to the changes in lifestyle and different other attributes. Frequent changes in eating behavior has positive and negativeimpact on physical and mental health of teenagers (Rosen, 2013). It is one of the major healthissue for UK, So, author wants to determine different factors which can influence the eatingbehavior of teenagers of UK. Regarding this, author will follow a systematic process thatincludes literature review, research methodology and data analysis. It will help in resolvingresearch issues and attaining all objectives in effective manner. Aim:“To analyse the factors influencing eating behaviour in adolescent population in the UK.”Objective:To determine different types of eating behaviour in adolescents in UK.To analyse the factors influencing eating behaviour in adolescent population in UK.To recommend appropriate ways to improve eating behaviour in adolescent population inUK. Research question:1.What are the different types of eating behaviour in adolescents?2.What are the factors influencing eating behaviour in adolescent population in UK?3.What are ways by which eating behaviour in adolescent population can improve in UK?1 | P a g e
Focus and Purpose:For conducting the current investigation author will focus on eating habits of Teenagersof UK. Along with this, author will also shed lights on the different types of eating behaviour ofadolescent population in the UK. Focus will also given on different factors which can influencethe eating habits of teenagers.Major purpose of this investigation is determining all those factors which can change theeating habits and behaviour of teenagers (Paul and et.al, 2014). Along with this, author alsowants to determine the major impacts of these factors on selection of teenager’s eating habits andbehaviour as well as physical and mental health. Rational:Major research issue of the current research is that teenagers of UK is facing the differentissues such as obesity, diabetes, binge eating, bulimia and anorexia. Major reason behind thisissue is frequently changes in the eating behaviour and habits of adolescents in UK. So, authorhas decided to conduct current investigation for determining different factors which playimportant role in changing the eating behaviour of adolescents (Covey, 2011).c) Preliminary literature reviewLiterature review is called as description of the relevant information on a specific topic. Itgives brief summary about the theories, definitions, methods, saying of the authors, etc. relatedto the particular topic. The process of literature review is takes place by proper reading,analysing, evaluating and summarizing the information about that particular subject. For gettingappropriate insights to understand the research problem author needs to conduct review ofliterature.In the current study, eating behaviour with respect to the adolescents is taken into theconsideration (Strasburger, 2011). This file consists of the various types of eating behaviour,there impacts on the health and life style of teenagers, factors influencing eating behaviours anddifferent methods for improving this behaviour. In the end, research gap is explained with thereason behind this investigation. d) Research methodology with justificationResearch philosophy Research philosophy has defined assumptions of the researcher to understand the2 | P a g e
research problems. It has provided the border framework to investigator of investigation andinclude various hypothesis (Ponterotto, 2005). It has two types: interpretivism and positivism. Inpositivism, the outcomes of investigation has identified with the help of statistical method. In thisphilosophy, the objectives of the research has to collect the data and generate the outcomes withthe intention of achieve research objectives and aim (Broad, 2014). On the other hand, in thecase of interpretivism, the various beliefs has developed by investigator which justify the reasonsof conducting the research. The aim of following research is analyse the factors influencingeating behaviour of adolescent population in UK (Knobe and Nichols, 2013). For this, theresearcher has been selected positivism research philosophy because has helped out the scholarto get more information about the nature of teenagers towards eating behaviour. Research Design Research design is a kind of strategy used by a researcher to interlink the differentelements of research in logical form (Creswell, 2012). For this, it has needed to understand theinvestigation issue in right manner. Descriptive and exploratory are the two types of researchdesign. Descriptive framework is used to represent those factors which are directly link to theresearch. The structure of such type of investigation is more structured as compare to exploratory(Creswell, 2013). On the other side, exploratory research design has followed in that case when itis difficult to understand the research problem. The current investigation has related to analysethe factors influencing eating behaviour of adolescent population in UK (Maxwell, 2012). Theresearch has been chosen descriptive research design because it has helped the scholar tounderstand the various kinds of eating behaviour of teenagers and their impacts on health.Research approach Research approach is a method of generating a new theory or hypothesis which increasethe understanding of the investigator towards the research. Inductive and deductive are two kindsof research approaches. Deductive framework has used existing hypothesis to evaluate theresearch problem (Kress and Shoffner, 2007). Quantitative research method has used to testalready developed theory. But, in inductive research approach, the researcher has developed newhypothesis on the basis of available information. Under this method, the investigator has usedqualitative research technique to collect the data. In the case of present research, the scholar hasbeen selected inductive research design (Obenour, Patterson and et.al, 2006). The reason ofselecting this framework is evolving the theories related to eating behaviour of adolescent and3 | P a g e
factors associated with it. Research strategy Research strategy is a kind of framework which provide the logical approach for gaininginformation of research problem (Clarke, Dede, Ketelhut and et.al, 2006). Quantitative andqualitative are part of research strategy. The present research has related to analyse the factorsinfluencing eating behaviour of adolescent population in UK. In this regards, the investigator hasbeen selected both qualitative and quantitative research strategy. Qualitative method hasdelivered the information regarding factor influencing eating behaviour of adolescents ofLondon, UK (Tunis, 2005). Along with this, quantitative research strategy has used forinvestigate the observable phenomenon which helped in achieve the expected outcomes and meetthe objectives of research in right manner. Data Collection method Data collection method is used to gather the information from diversified sources withthe purpose of achieve the objectives and aim of investigation in appropriate manner. There aretwo methods of data collection: primary and secondary (De Leeuw, 2005). Primary datacollection has done by investigator itself without adopting any kind of statistical method. Thesources that can be used by researcher for primary data collection are interviews, observation,discussion, surveys etc. Beside this, secondary data collection has different from primary datagathering technique. Under this method, the scholar has collected those information which hasbeen already done by other researchers in previous time (Yu, De Courten and et.al, 2009). Theinformation sources for gather second-rate data collection are newspapers, previous research,articles, e-books etc. The following research has related to analyse the factors influencing eatingbehaviour of adolescent population in UK. In this context, both primary and secondary datacollection method has been selected by researcher to know about eating habits and factorsinfluencing eating behaviour of adolescents. For collecting primary information, the researcherhas been prepared questionnaire which has been filled by parents of adolescent of London, UK(Thornicroft, 2012). Along with this, for gathering secondary information, the investigator hasbeen selected various source of information such as past researches, articles, books, journals,government source of information etc. Sampling4 | P a g e
Sampling is a technique of selecting number respondents from the present population atthe time of collecting the data. Probabilistic and non-probabilistic are two types of sampling. Thepresent research has related to analyse the factors influencing eating behaviour of adolescentpopulation in UK (Cochran, 2007). Non-probabilistic sampling technique has been selected byresearcher while choosing parents of teenagers for survey. Along with this, conveniencesampling has been also picked by scholar for selecting them who are participating in research.The sample population for conducting the investigation has been parent population of London,UK and it has included both male and female (Lohr, 2009). The number of sample size forpresent research has 40. Data analysisData analysis is a technique of applying different types of statistical and logical methodsof evaluating the collected data. It has not only answer the research questions but also provide aguidance to investigator about gathering of information and data from diversified resources(Hair, Black and et.al, 2006). With the help of numerous data analysis techniques, the researcherhas able to transformed the data into knowledge as well as show the relationship between thedifferent elements of investigation (Agresti and Kateri, 2011). There are two method of dataanalysis: thematic and statistical techniques. Under thematic approach, the research hasdeveloped some themes on the basis of prepared questionnaire. With the help of this, theresponses of respondents can be easily evaluate. On the other hand, statistical technique has usedevaluate the collected numerical data base and reach at new conclusion. The current research hasbased on factors influencing eating behaviour of adolescent population in UK (Bendat andPiersol, 2011). For this, the researcher has been selected statistical technique where SPSS toolhas been used for analysing quantitative data in right and accurate manner. Ethical consideration Ethical consideration is playing an important role in research because it has provided acomplete new direction to the investigation. The present research has related to analyse thefactors influencing eating behaviour of adolescent population in UK. In this regards, the majorethical considerations are as follows. Security and privacy of information: During conducting the research, the scholar hascollected the data from parents of adolescent in London, UK. At this time, many of the5 | P a g e
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