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http://dx.doi.org/10.17495/easdl.2015.12.25.6.942

A Cross-Cultural Investigation of Nutrition Knowledge, Dietary Behaviors, and Checking Behaviors of Food and Nutrition Labels between Korean and Chinese University Students  

Shuchen, Guo (Dept. of Food Science & Nutrition, Kyungpook National University)
Kim, Hyochung (Dept. of Human Counseling & Welfare, The Institute of Human Environmental Welfare, Inje University)
Kim, Meera (Dept. of Food Science & Nutrition, Kyungpook National University)
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Journal of the East Asian Society of Dietary Life / v.25, no.6, 2015 , pp. 942-951 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study compared nutrition knowledge, dietary behaviors, and checking behaviors of food and nutrition labels between Korean and Chinese university students to obtain useful data for development of an education program for healthy dietary life. The data were collected by a self-administered questionnaire in Korea and China. Frequencies, t tests, ${\chi}^2$ tests, Cronbach's ${\alpha}$, and Pearson's correlation coefficient analysis were conducted by SPSS Win. V.21.0. The levels of nutrition knowledge and dietary behaviors were not high. Korean students showed higher percentage of correct answers about nutrition knowledge and levels of dietary behaviors than Chinese students. The means of degree of checking contents of food labels were 3.46 points for Korean students and 3.11 for Chinese students. Both groups of students showed the highest degree of checking milk and dairy products. The degree of understanding nutritive component labeling of Chinese students was higher than that of Korean students. Both groups of students showed higher than normal levels of confidence about nutritive component labeling and necessity of education on food and nutrition labels. The most preferred method of education on food and nutrition labels was broadcast media for both groups of students. In addition, there were significant correlations among nutrition knowledge, dietary behaviors, checking degree of food labels, checking degree of nutritive component labeling, and experience of nutrition education.
Keywords
Cross-cultural investigation; nutrition knowledge; dietary behaviors; checking behaviors of food and nutritional labels; Korean; Chinese; university students;
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