Mayowa Fortune ALADE2025-06-162025-06-162024-12Kate TurabiaM.Schttps://repository.lcu.edu.ng/handle/123456789/908Home Food environment contributes to the nutritional status and nutritional adequacy of young adults in ways such as; Home Food Environment: Factors like access to healthy foods, parental feeding practices, and family mealtimes all influence dietary choices and habits. A home environment stocked with nutritious options and positive mealtime routines can promote a balanced diet and optimize a nutritional wellbeing and School Food Environment: The availability of healthy choices in school cafeterias, along with nutrition education programs, can significantly impact students' dietary intake and knowledge. Previous studies in Nigeria attempted to establish a statistical association between food and nutrition security (mainly using anthropometric indicators, total calorie intake, or household dietary diversity) and potential determinants. This study adopted a community- based descriptive cross-sectional design involving 18-29 year old young adults in the selected local government in Ibadan. Oyo State. Using a self-administered questionnaire and HDDS. To obtain information and dietary consumption pattern. Overall there was severe inadequacy of calories (51.1%), Protein (51.9%) but carbohydrate was adequate in about one-quarter of the respondents (27.2%). there was a severe inadequacy of Vitamin C (94.3%), Vitamin B1 (41.8%), Vitamin B2 (58.4%), Vitamin B3 (51.4%), Vitamin B6 (81.5%), Folates (69.3%) and Vitamin B12 (97.0%), yet, about half of the respondents consumed excess Vitamin A (47.3%). There was a weak positive correlation between Body Mass Index and street food vendors availability within 1km distance (r= 0.119;p=0.022). There was also a negative correlation between Body Mass Index and Patronizing street food vendors (r=0.111;p=0.034). This study demonstrated more than half of the respondents had normal body mass index (57.9%) while prevalence of underweight, overweight and obesity among the respondents was 8.2%, 22.6% and 11.4%, respectively in the selected local government. Hence, Vitamins should be taken in good amount among young adults. Keywords: Home Food Environment, Dietary Intake, Nutrition Awareness, Affordability. Word Count: 297enHome Food EnvironmentDietary IntakeNutrition AwarenessAffordability.Thesis