Question

Write up a research proposal on this topic: Investigating the Effects of Fasting on university Student Life using weak. It should contain the following: 1. Topic 2.Brief problem 3.Objectives 4.Data Collection 5. Methodology.

Answer 1

Investigating the Effects of Fasting on university Student Life:

1. Topic: Fasting is one of the oldest worships that have been common among the people and nations of the world. The most broad and the best fasting is the fasting in Ramadan by Muslims, which is compulsory in Islam for every eligible man and woman. Various factors can affect people's mental health, one of the most important of which can be spiritual and religious beliefs, especially fasting. Therefore, this research focus to review the effect of fasting in Ramadan on mental health of university students in Iran. Materials and Methods: This study was a simple review in 2017 to investigate the effect of fasting in Ramadan on mental health of Iranian university students. Research data has been collected through the search of published articles in Internet resources and scientific databases including (SID, MAGIRAN, PubMed, Scopus and Web of Science) and with searching 3 terms "fasting, students and mental health" without semantics and time limitations. In total, 11 published articles have been gone through in this research. Results: Based on the results of 11 studied researches, it can be declared that students’ fasting during Ramadan increases their mental health.

2. Brief problem: The term Health is divided into two types of "mental health" and "physical health" in general; they are not too alien to each other, but they overlap greatly, affect one another Mental health is more important because it has a direct relationship with individual-social performance and psychosocial harms, because a significant percentage of physical diseases has a psychological root, and the enjoyment of mental health can have a positive result on the health of the body. Although many definitions of mental health have been provided by relevant organizations and many psychologists, but briefly the mental health can be defined as follows mental health is to have a sense of peace, internal security, and being away from stress, anxiety, tension, depression and other chronic psychological problems.

3. Objectives: A lifestyle with erratic eating patterns and habits predisposes youngsters to obesity. Through a two-phase feasibility study among Indian students living in the Delhi area, we long term examined the following: (1) the daily eating-fasting cycles of students (N = 34) in school and college using smartphones as they change from high school (aged 13–15 years; n_IX = 13) to higher secondary school (HSSS; 16–18 years; n_XII = 9) to their first year (FY) of college (18–19 years; n_FC = 12); and (2) daily activity-rest cycles and light-dark exposure of 31 higher secondary school students (HSSS) using actigraphy.

4. Data collection: In primary data collection, you collect the data yourself using qualitative and quantitative methods. The key point here is that the data you collect is specific to you and your research and, until you publish, no one else has access to it. There are various methods of collecting primary data.

The main methods include:

• Questionnaires
• Interviews
• Focus Group Interviews
• Observation
• Survey
• Case-studies
• Diaries
• Activity Sampling Technique
• Memo Motion Study
• Process Analysis
• Link Analysis
• Time and Motion Study
• Experimental Method
• Statistical Method etc.

5. Methodology:

1. Inclusion and exclusion criteria for food pattern study:

The study protocol was accepted by the human ethics committee (HEC) of MMH College, Ghaziabad, India. The additional criteria were as follows: (1) students were entered in class IX, class XII or FY of college and were aged, respectively, 13–15, 16–18 or 18–19 years at addition; (2) their parents agreed that mobile data capturing was not harmful to studies; and (3) they had continued access to a mobile device which is provided by the researcher at home or school.

2. A camera phone method to collect eating pattern data:

Questionnaire-based methods or food diaries to collect eating behavior often lack the cycles aspect of eating behavior and its variation from day to day. In phase 1, data capturing was performed using mobile phone cameras. Data collection and analysis were performed as published earlier Briefly, food metadata were collected from study participants attending school who took pictures of every ingestion event for 21 days using the phone handset provided and by study participants attending college using their personal phone handsets. In either case, food pictures were manually downloaded, time-stamped and explained by researchers.

3. Calorie estimation from food pictures:

After 21 days, the pictures from their cameras were downloaded and analyzed for mark with a date and food pictures. All participants were assigned a unique ID for anonymity, in accordance with the ICMR guidelines of India. Picture details were manually explained using a database from CalorieKing, MyFitnessPal websites and the Food and Nutrient Database for Dietary Studies (FNDDS) website of the USDA National Nutrient Database for Standard Reference to assess the caloric values of food items. In essence, food item name and portion size were visually assessed and cross-checked with a follow-up questionnaire.