The importance of menu variety experience for public health sustainability at higher education institution

The importance of menu variety from the perspective of public health has lacked of discussion in the literature in comparison to the profit perspective of a foodservice business. This paper reports finding of a research on the importance of menu variety for the sustainability of public health at h...

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Main Authors:	Ismail, Sarimah, Kadir, Normah, Pusiran, Arif Kamisan, Zen, Irina Safitri, Khan, Aqeel
Format:	Article
Language:	English English
Published:	Indian Journal of Public Health Research and Development 2019
Subjects:	GF Human ecology. Anthropogeography LB2300 Higher Education LC Special aspects of education
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spelling	iium-766812019-12-10T01:15:15Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/76681/ The importance of menu variety experience for public health sustainability at higher education institution Ismail, Sarimah Kadir, Normah Pusiran, Arif Kamisan Zen, Irina Safitri Khan, Aqeel GF Human ecology. Anthropogeography LB2300 Higher Education LC Special aspects of education The importance of menu variety from the perspective of public health has lacked of discussion in the literature in comparison to the profit perspective of a foodservice business. This paper reports finding of a research on the importance of menu variety for the sustainability of public health at higher education institution (HEI) from students perspective. Direct observation towards food displayed on the buffet counter of the cafeterias and interview sessions with students were conducted to identify attributes of menu variety as constructs for a survey research. Complete set of 375 questionnaires were collected among students as customer of 20 food outlets at 11 cafeterias of the HEI. Validity value of the questionnaire was 0.98, that analysed by Rasch Development Model. Survey data was analysed using discriptive statistics. Overall mean value for menu variety attributes was 1.97 and standard devition, 0.656, which at the moderate level. This study suggested for the cafeteria food providers, customers and the HEI food autorithy to ensure high level of menu variety is offered to sustain public health of the HEI, customer satisfaction and long tender period of the cafeterias as a food provider. Indian Journal of Public Health Research and Development 2019-09 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/76681/1/76681_The%20Importance%20of%20Menu%20Variety.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/76681/2/76681_The%20Importance%20of%20Menu%20Variety_SCOPUS.pdf Ismail, Sarimah and Kadir, Normah and Pusiran, Arif Kamisan and Zen, Irina Safitri and Khan, Aqeel (2019) The importance of menu variety experience for public health sustainability at higher education institution. Indian Journal of Public Health Research and Development, 10 (9). pp. 1851-1855. ISSN 0976-0245 E-ISSN 0976-5506 http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:ijphrd&volume=10&issue=9&article=340 10.5958/0976-5506.2019.02724.4
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spellingShingle	GF Human ecology. Anthropogeography LB2300 Higher Education LC Special aspects of education Ismail, Sarimah Kadir, Normah Pusiran, Arif Kamisan Zen, Irina Safitri Khan, Aqeel The importance of menu variety experience for public health sustainability at higher education institution
description	The importance of menu variety from the perspective of public health has lacked of discussion in the literature in comparison to the profit perspective of a foodservice business. This paper reports finding of a research on the importance of menu variety for the sustainability of public health at higher education institution (HEI) from students perspective. Direct observation towards food displayed on the buffet counter of the cafeterias and interview sessions with students were conducted to identify attributes of menu variety as constructs for a survey research. Complete set of 375 questionnaires were collected among students as customer of 20 food outlets at 11 cafeterias of the HEI. Validity value of the questionnaire was 0.98, that analysed by Rasch Development Model. Survey data was analysed using discriptive statistics. Overall mean value for menu variety attributes was 1.97 and standard devition, 0.656, which at the moderate level. This study suggested for the cafeteria food providers, customers and the HEI food autorithy to ensure high level of menu variety is offered to sustain public health of the HEI, customer satisfaction and long tender period of the cafeterias as a food provider.
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author	Ismail, Sarimah Kadir, Normah Pusiran, Arif Kamisan Zen, Irina Safitri Khan, Aqeel
author_facet	Ismail, Sarimah Kadir, Normah Pusiran, Arif Kamisan Zen, Irina Safitri Khan, Aqeel
author_sort	Ismail, Sarimah
title	The importance of menu variety experience for public health sustainability at higher education institution
title_short	The importance of menu variety experience for public health sustainability at higher education institution
title_full	The importance of menu variety experience for public health sustainability at higher education institution
title_fullStr	The importance of menu variety experience for public health sustainability at higher education institution
title_full_unstemmed	The importance of menu variety experience for public health sustainability at higher education institution
title_sort	importance of menu variety experience for public health sustainability at higher education institution
publisher	Indian Journal of Public Health Research and Development
publishDate	2019
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The importance of menu variety experience for public health sustainability at higher education institution

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