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KMID : 0928320070070030172
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Korean Journal of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
2007 Volume.7 No. 3 p.172 ~ p.179
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Eating Frequency of and Preference for Selected Westernized Fast Foods by Middle School Students in Korea and Japan
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Song Kyoung-Hee
Jin Bong-Kyung
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Abstract
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Background : Increased consumption of Westernized fast foods recently has been considered to contribute to the high prevalence of obesity and related complications in both Korea and Japan, which share many dietary cultural characteristics. We surveyed middle school students in the two countries to compare eating frequencies of and preferences for Westernized fast foods in order to provide basic information for nutrition education.
Methods : The subjects were 360 Korean and 244 Japanese students from public middle schools located in the areas of high socioeconomic class in Seoul and Tokyo, respectively.
Results : The Korean subjects ate more frequently not only fried chicken and pork cutlet, which they preferred significantly more than the Japanese, but also pizza and hamburger, for which preferences were not different between two countries and even ramyeon and gyoza, for which they showed significantly lower preferences than the Japanese. Both preference for and eating frequencies of curry were significantly higher in Japanese subjects. Eating frequency of spaghetti, as the most evenly preferred item surveyed in this study, was not different among the subgroups divided by countries and genders. Boys of either country expressed higher preferences for Westernized fast foods and ate them more often than their girl counterparts, with statistical significance being achieved for most surveyed items except spaghetti.
Conclusions : Further study is required to identify why Korean middle school students ate Westernized fast foods more often than Japanese counterparts, especially the items preferred significantly less than Japanese students, to help Korean youths to reduce their intake of these foods more effectively. (Korean J Health Promot Dis Prev 2007 ; 7(3):172~179)
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KEYWORD
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fast food, food preference, eating frequency, middle school students, Japan, Korea
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