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This study was carried out to investigate dietary habits and related factors of female high school and college students in Gyeonggi Province. The total of 202 self-administered questionnairs(high school students, 77; college students, 125) were analyzed. Mean height and weight were 161Acm and 53.5kg, mean BMI was 20.6. The percentage of high school students who had adequate sleep was 46.2% and that of college students was 22.0%. Only 2.6% of high school students and 27.2% of college students answered they exercised regularly(p<0.001). The percentage of skipping breakfast and overeating was 70.3% and 88.6%, respectively. Frequency of outside eating was higher in college students than high school students(p<0.001). The percentage of those who used to intake over 8 cups of water and beverage daily was 10.4%. Average scores of food intake frequency showed 1.87 out of a possible 3 points, scores of vegetable intake frequency were significantly higher in the college students than high school students(p<0.05). The more sleep and the better physical health status they had, the more regularly they had breakfast and eating time. Unbalanced diet, and outside eating negatively correlated with regular exercise, and sleeping hours, respectively. Regular breakfast showed positive correlation with frequency and time of eating. The more regularly they had breakfast and eating time, the lower frequency of overeating and outside eating was. Scores of food intake frequency were significantly correlated with frequency of eating, regular breakfast, eating time, speed of eating and overeating.
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