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KMID : 0665420180330060531
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Korean Journal of Food Culture
2018 Volume.33 No. 6 p.531 ~ p.542
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Comparison of Solo Eating Perception and Dietary Behaviors According to Gender in the Seoul and Gyonggi-do regions
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Lee Eun-Jung
Lee Kyung-Ran
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Abstract
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The purpose of this study was to compare solo eating perceptions and dietary behaviors according to the sex in Seoul and Gyonggi-do region. This study focused on the dietary perceptions, solo eating, eating together, dietary habits, food intake patterns and 38 keywords about solo eating. Out of 411 subjects, 207(50.4%) were males and 204(49.6%) were females. The biggest problem they perceive in their dietary life was irregular eating. Women prepared meals more often than men(p<0.001) and took more instant and frozen food than men(p<0.05). Both male and female miss breakfast most, and population eating breakfast alone ranked second high. Women had lunch alone more often than men while men ate alone dinner more often than women(p<0.01). They spent 5∼15min when eating alone. Women avoid excessive smoking and drinking more than men(p<0.001). Men relate key words regarding solo eating with negative emotion such as ‘lonely’, ‘boring’, ‘feel sorry when I see someone eating alone in the restaurant’ more than women. Whileas, women related more positively with sentence including keywords such as ‘free’, ‘joy’, ‘my own time’. Dietary lives of Koreans have rapidly changed along with social changes recently. Our research findings will contribute to more comprehensive menu development and HMR development in the foodservice industry.
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KEYWORD
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Solo eating, eating together, perceptions, dietary behaviors, gender
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