초등학생을 대상으로 한 사상인 외형과 식습관의 설문분석

The Study on Sasangin's Appearance and Eating Habit of Elementary School Students

1. Objectives The purpose of this study is to find out the characteristics about the Sasang Constitution of elementary school students based on the questions that have significant differences. 2. Methods 146 children who have visited Kang-Nam Kyung-Hee Oriental Hospital Sasang Constitution center from Mar. 2003 to May. 2005, were investigated through the questionnaires. These have the categories of 'Diseases and Symptoms', 'Physical characteristics', 'Eating Habit', and etc., were analyzed statistically. 3. Results (1) There are no specific questions that have significant differences about the diseases and symptoms according to the Sasang constitution. (2) In the category of the 'Physical Characteristics', significantly more Soeumin and Soyangin showed positive answer to the question, 'Thin in some degree' than Taeumin, and significantly more Taeumin showed positive answer to the question, 'Fat in some degree' than the other groups, and significantly more Taeumin showed positive answer to the question, 'Bulging belly' than the Soeumin. (3) In the category of 'Eating Habit', significantly more Soeumin, Soyangin answered positively to 'eating little food(light eating)' than Taeumin, and more Taeumin showed positive answer to 'a lot of food uptake' than the other groups, and significantly more Soeumin to 'eating slowly' than Taeumin, in contrast, significantly more Taeumin showed positive answer to 'eating food in haste and hurry' than the Soeumin, and significantly more Soeumin showed positive answer to the question, 'unwillingness to eat vegetable' than Soyangin, and significantly more Soeumin showed that to the question, 'unbalanced diet' than the other groups, significantly more Taeumin showed positive answer to 'preference for fatty food' than the other groups.