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http://dx.doi.org/10.3746/jkfn.2002.31.4.696

A Study on Recognition of Food Calories of College Students in Chungnam  

Choi, Mi-Kyeong (Dept. of Human Nutrition and Food Science, Chungwoon University)
Kim, Mi-Hyun (Dept. of Food and Nutrition, Sookmyung Women's University)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition / v.31, no.4, 2002 , pp. 696-702 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was conducted among the university students to evaluate the recognition of food calories through questionnaire. The subjects were 88 male and 230 female students in Chungnam. 67.4% of the subjects experienced nutrition education, 50.8% and 86.6% of them recognized daily calorie requirement and definition of calorie, respectively. There were significant differences in response rate about frequency of supper, experience and satisfaction of weight control, degree of knowledge of calorie, and need of nutrition education among the subjects with experience of nutrition education and recognition of daily calorie requirement and calorie definition. The calories of 14 food items (29.17%) were low recognized in subjects with nutrition education than in subjects without nutrition education. The results also show that the calories of 38 food items (79.17%) were highly recognized than the actual clories of them in total subjects. Especially, vegetables, fruits, and oils were highly recognized. The daily calorie intakes in the subjects recognizing calorie definition were lower than in the other subjects(p<0.05). In conclusion, university students highly recognized than actual food calories, and there was significant difference in degree of recognition with various factors, such as nutrition education, knowledge of calorie, and weight control, and therefore showing a strong need of proper nutrition education about food calories.
Keywords
food calories; nutrition education; university students;
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