The purpose of this study was to examine nutrient intakes, food and daily habits, and serum lipids for female college students. The subjects consisted of 40 female college students aged 20 to 29 years old. Their dietary intakes were assessed by
means of
24 hour dietary recall method. Food models and other measuring tools were also used. Concentrations of serum lipids were measured. The energy intake of the subjects averaged 1837Kcal, whereas the expended energy was 1871 Kcal. The subjects
consumed
310g
of carbohydrates, 66g protein, 37g lipid, 14mg iron, 586mg calcium, 513R.3 vitamin A 1.0mg vitamin B1, 1.3mg vitamin B2. 15mg niacin, and 69mg vitamin C, respectively. Vitamin A and iron intakes were lower than the RDA. The percentages of total
calorie
from carbohydrate, fat, and protein were 67%, 18%, 14%, showing desirable calorie construction. The mean serum triglyceride(TG), cholesterol (Chol), HDL-Chol an LDL-Chol concentration were 72.4mg/dl, 161.3mg/dl, 44.6mg/dl, ad 102.3mg/dl,
respectively.
All of these values seem to fall in the desirable range. There were positive correlations between serum Chol and HDL-Chol or LDL-Chol or TG ; negative correlations between serum Chol and HDL-Chol/LDL-Chol ratio, between serum TG and HDL-Chol or
HDL-Chol/LDL-Chol ratio.
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