The Study of Alcohol Consumption and Nutritional Status of University Male Freshman in Rural Area

일부 지방 대학 남자 신입생의 알코올 섭취와 영양소 섭취상태에 관한 연구

  • Choe, Mi-Gyeong (Department of Human Nutrition & Food Science, Chungwoon University, Chungnam, Korea) ;
  • Seung, Jeong-Ja (Department of Food & Nutrition, Sookmyung Women's University, Korea) ;
  • Kim, Mi-Hyeon (Department of Food & Nutrition, Sookmyung Women's University, Korea)
  • 최미경 (청운대학교 식품영양학과) ;
  • 승정자 (숙명여자대학교 식품영양학과) ;
  • 김미현 (숙명여자대학교 식품영양학과)
  • Published : 2001.08.07

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between alcohol consumption and nutritional status of university male freshman in Chungnam area. The total of 111 subjects took part in the study and, they were observed general characteristics, alcohol consumption status, and nutrient intake using questionnaires. The mean age, height, weight, and BMI of the subjects were 19.3 years, 174.3㎝, 65.2㎏, and 21.5㎏/$m^2$ respectively. The mean alcohol consumption, and energy intake from alcohol were 7.8g/day, 55.3kcal/day. A significant number of subjects(48.2%) answered their frequency of alcohol consumption was once 2 weeks. Only 4.6% of subjects answered never drink. In almost subjects, alcohol consumption have been stared since they were adolescents, and major type of alcoholic beverage was 'soju'. The mean energy intake was 1985.6kcal and, energy ratio from carbohydrate, protein, fat was 58 : 15 : 27. There were significantly positive correlation among alcohol consumption and, body weight(p<0.05), intake of food, (p<0.05), energy(p<0.001), animal fat(p<0.05), fiber(p<0.05), vitamin $B_2$(p<0.05) and niacin(p<0.05). The alcohol consumption period showed a significantly positive correlation with alcohol consumption per one time(p<0.05). In summary, high consumption of alcohol in subjects was observed. Also, increase of alcohol consumption was related to weight gain and nutritional imbalance. Therefore, it is need that nutrition education for prevention of high alcohol consumption in university freshman and adolescents.

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