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http://dx.doi.org/10.7318/KJFC.2008.23.6.820

Body Shape Satisfaction, Nutrition Knowledge, Dietary Habits, and Weight Control Attitude of Korean High School Students  

Jwa, Hea-Jin (Daykey High School)
Chae, In-Sook (Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Cheju National University)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Food Culture / v.23, no.6, 2008 , pp. 820-833 More about this Journal
Abstract
The study analyzed the body shape perception, weight control attitude, nutrition knowledge, and dietary habits of 529 high school students in Jeju surveyed from January 14-18, 2008 according to students' body shape satisfaction, with the aim of providing basic nutritional education data to aid in appropriate weight control for high school students. The data were analyzed by descriptive analysis, T-test, Chi-square test, ANOVA, and Pearson's correlation coefficients, using the SPSS Win 12.0 program. The body mass index (BMI) of subjects was in the normal range. With regard to weight distribution, 59.4% of subjects showed normal weight and girls were significantly more underweight than boys. More girls considered themselves to be fatter than boys and tended to be increasingly dissatisfied with their body shape. Both boys and girls were more interested in weight control for obesity and were significantly less satisfied with their body shape. Efforts at weight control and reduction had occurred significantly more often for girls than for boys. Dietary attitude scores were significantly higher in girls than boys. BMI positively correlated to weight control concern and nutrition knowledge positively correlated to dietary attitude. BMI negatively correlated to the body shape satisfaction, which in turn negatively correlated to food ingestion disorders. Therefore, it is necessary to develop a systematic nutrition educational program that can induce changes in dietary behavior and increase accurate perception and satisfaction of body shape.
Keywords
body shape satisfaction; body shape perception; weight control attitude; nutrition knowledge; dietary behavior;
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