The Effect of Nutrition Course on the Nutrition Knowledge and Food Habits in College Students

식품영양학 교양과목이 대학생의 영양지식과 식습관에 미친은 영향-전북지역을 중심으로-

This survey was carried out to investigate the effect of taking a nutrition course on the nutrition knowledge and food habits of college students who do not major nutrition. Questionnaires were completed by 444 students who have taken nutrition course and by 555 students who did not take nutrition course. Nutrition knowledge score of the students taken nutrition course was significantly higher than that of students did not take nutrition course(p<0.001). Especially male student obtained lower nutrition knowledge score than female students in graups who did not take nutrition course (p<0.001), but there was no difference in nutrition knowledge score between male and female students who have taken nutrition course. The students taken nutrition course showed higher food habits score than those who did not take nutrition course (p<0.001). The former had a lower response rate than that of the latter, for what are regarded as poor food habits. There was a significant and positive correlation between nutrition knowledge score and food habits score in students who have taken nutrition course but not significant correlation in those who did not take nutrition course.