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KMID : 1035420160040020109
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Journal of The Korean Society of Integrative Medicine
2016 Volume.4 No. 2 p.109 ~ p.120
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The Effects of Food and Nutrition Information in Mass Media on Adolescents’ Dietary Behaviors
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Yoon Song-Yi
Ryu Hye-Sook
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Abstract
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Purpose : This study surveyed the relationship between the dietetic behaviors of high school students and nutrition information available from mass media thereby suggesting the way of improving the dietetic health promotion of adolescents.
Method : This study surveyed coeducational high school students in S region. 220 questionnaires have been collected and
analyzed, which is statistically significant as in other previous studies. The survey lasted for one month, March 14 through
April 14 in 2016. The statistical analysis was performed by using the windows version 21.0 of SPSS. Primarily, the frequency analysis and descriptive statistics was carried out on the general information, the usage and confidence of mass media, and the diabetic behaviors of respondents. t-Test and One-way ANOVA were adopted to clarity the mass media usage and diabetic behaviors of respondents for general characteristics.
Result : The statistical analysis on the diet usage of mass media among high school students shows that famous
restaurants(Response rate 51%) and diet control(20%) are highly evaluated, but disease prevention(15%) is low. Regarding the dietetic information acquisition, the mass media including TV, radio, and Internet appear as main information carriages
(p<.001). The confidence in mass media are analyzed in the relation with 10 dietetic behaviors, and 4 items(meal amount:
p<.011, vegetable intake: p<.005, protein intake: p<.003) are inversely related to the mass media, which means regular intake party is less dependent of the exterior information. The seaweed(p<.017) intake is statistically significant in confidence level.
Conclusion : To increase the interest and the health promotion of students, the dietetic information need to be offered in mass media and education course.
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KEYWORD
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adolescents, dietary behaviors, mass media, nutrition information
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