Journal of the East Asian Society of Dietary Life (동아시아식생활학회지)

The East Asian Society of Dietary Life (동아시아식생활학회)
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Obesity Stress, Eating Behavior and Eating Habits of Elementary School Students

초등학교 아동의 비만 스트레스와 식행동 및 식습관에 대한 연구

  • Kim, Ji-Hee (Graduate School of Education, Chung-Ang University) ;
  • Moon, Bo-Kyung (Dept. of Food and Nutrition, Chung-Ang University)
  • 김지희 (중앙대학교 교육대학원 영양교육) ;
  • 문보경 (중앙대학교 식품영양학과)
  • Received : 2010.02.26
  • Accepted : 2010.06.13
  • Published : 2010.06.30
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Abstract

This study was conducted to investigate the influence of obesity stress on the eating behavior of elementary school students. Using a questionnaire, 300 students in the sixth grade from 2 schools in Kyunggi-do were surveyed (Boys: N=145, Girls: N=155). Data analysis was managed by SPSS software (version 13.0). The link between obesity stress and eating habits or behaviors was dependent on physical discomfort. There was also a large group of students experienced irregularity in their meal times during the day. Furthermore, there were significant differences in mealtime among boys under psychic stress caused by obesity. In the case of dairy intake during breakfast, the significant signs of obesity stress for were physical discomfort for boys and psychic stress for the girls. It was found for both boys and girls that more frequent midnight snacking decreased the efforts to overcome obesity stress. Therefore, a professional nutrition program that can educate school children must be implemented both in school and at home. In addition to overweight or obesity children, normal weight and underweight children can also benefit from this program that includes health counseling for weight and eating behaviors.

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