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http://dx.doi.org/10.5934/kjhe.2013.22.6.701

A Study on Nutrition Knowledge, Dietary Habits and Lifestyle of Male and Female University Students in Deajeon  

Kim, Mi Ja (Dept. of Culinary Nutrition Woosong University)
Kim, Kee Hyuk (Dept. of Culinary Nutrition Woosong University)
Kim, Hyeyoung (Dept. of Global Korean Culinary Arts, Woosong University)
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Korean Journal of Human Ecology / v.22, no.6, 2013 , pp. 701-709 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the university student's dietary behaviors, lifestyle and nutrition knowledge. The survey were composed of 81 male and 64 female students at W University in Daejeon. Results of survey shown that BMIs of male students was 23.9 which is higher significant at p<0.001 than female students was 20.8. In lifestyle, dietary habit patterns of female students showed higher significant in meal if under stress and snack intake at p<0.05. In terms of dining-out, both female and male students like Korean food. However, female students like Western food and flour-based food than their male counterpart. While male liked Chinese and Japanese foods at p<0.05. A siginificant higher proportion of male students smoked (p<0.001); drink (p<0.01) and exercised (p<0.05) than their female counterpart. In terms of nutrition knowledge, males have higher scores (out of a possible 15 points) than female scores (p<0.01). The results of this study suggests that nutrition education can motivate and improve dietary management for dietary compliance. Therefore, a proper planned nutrition education programs for university students is an efficient and effective education method.
Keywords
nutrition knowledge; dietary habits; lifestyle; university students;
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