The Korean Journal of Community Living Science (한국지역사회생활과학회지)

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A Comparative Study of Dietary and Weight Control Behavior of Female College Students in Korea and China

한·중 여대생들의 식생활과 체중조절 행동 비교 연구

  • Song, Li (Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Research Institute of Ecology for the Elderly, Pusan National University) ;
  • An, Na Young (Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Research Institute of Ecology for the Elderly, Pusan National University) ;
  • Ryu, Ho Kyung (Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Research Institute of Ecology for the Elderly, Pusan National University)
  • 송려 (부산대학교 식품영양학과.노인생활연구소) ;
  • 안나영 (부산대학교 식품영양학과.노인생활연구소) ;
  • 류호경 (부산대학교 식품영양학과.노인생활연구소)
  • Received : 2015.10.19
  • Accepted : 2015.11.24
  • Published : 2015.11.30
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Abstract

This study examines the dietary life, weight control, perceived body image, self-esteem, and eating disorder of female college students residing in Korea and China. With approval by the IRB of Pusan National University, a survey was conducted in Korea and China. A total of 574 subjects participated in the survey, and they were divided into three groups: 153 Korean female college students residing in Korea (KSK), 180 Chinese female college students residing in Korea (CSK), and 241 Chinese female college students residing in China (CSC). The group of underweight subjects far exceeded the overweight and obese groups, but there was no significant difference (p<0.05). The CSC group showed the highest food intake frequency and eating habit scores, and the KSK group, the lowest (p<0.05). However, the KSK group showed the highest daily life habit score, followed by the CSK and CSC groups, in that order. All groups showed high weight control experience rates mainly for losing weight. In particular, the KSK group showed a much higher rate than the CSC and CSK groups. All groups wanted much thinner body shapes than their actual shapes, resulting in high percentages of body image dissatisfaction. The KSK group showed a higher self-esteem score than the CSC group. The average EAT-26 score was similar across the three groups, but the percentage of eating disorders was much higher in the KSK group than in the CSC and CSK groups.

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