고등학생의 식습관, 영양지식 및 편의식품 섭취 실태에 관한 연구

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the dietary habits, the nutritional knowledge and the consumption patterns of convenience foods of 605 high school students located in Daegu area, from June twentieth to June thirtieth, 2003. The subjects included 295 males (48.8%) and 310 females (51.2%). This survey was conducted using a self-administered questionnaire. The percentage of students who were underweight, normal and overweight based on their body mass index (BMI) was 3.1, 89.2 and 7.8 for the males, and 28.7, 71.3 and 0 for the females, respectively. Most students (74.0%) skipped breakfast. This was because of lack of time (64.1%) of the cases. Self-reported eating habit problems were eating irregular meal (52.9%), overeating (21%), prejudiced meal (13.4%) and skipping meal (7.3%). The type of favorite snack was Biscuit (32.1%) and cup Ramyon (32.2%). The rates of smoking were 35.3% and 2.9% respectively. Males ate frequently cup Ramyon, fries, Ramyon and kimbab more frequently, while females ate kimbab, cup Ramyon, fries, Ramyon and fish paste more frequently. The nutritional knowledge score was higher in females than in males. As the body mass index increased and the nutritional knowledge level was low, the mean consumption of convenience foods increased. Nutritional education program should be developed to meet the various needs of these students.