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KMID : 0665420040190060620
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Korean Journal of Food Culture
2004 Volume.19 No. 6 p.620 ~ p.629
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A Study on the Dietary and the Living Habits of University Freshmen and Undergraduate Students
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Kim Kyung-Hee
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to investigate the dietary and the living habits of 606 university students located in the Chonnam area. The subjects included 290 freshmen (47.9%) and 316 undergraduate students (52.1%). This survey was conducted using a self-administered questionnaire. Most students (73.9%) skipped breakfast because of lack of time (65.8%) of the cases. Self-reported eating habits problems were eating irregular meal (52.8%), overeating (21.1%), unbalance diet (13.0%) and skipping meal (7.3%). The type of favorite snack was biscuit (31.8%) and cup Ramyon(31.8%). The weight control was higher in freshmen compared to undergraduate. The rates of smoking in freshmen and undergraduate were 21.0% and 26.6% respectively. The coffee intake and alcohol drinking frequency was higher in undergraduate compared to freshmen. The living habits of undergraduate students were undesirable. Therefore they should have a nutritional program to improve their food habits and the dietary behaviors for students’ health. And nutritional education program should be organized practically and systematically.
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KEYWORD
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dietary habits, living habits, nutritional education program
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