A Study on the Dietary Behavior in Middle-Aged Women

중년기 여성의 식생활 행동에 관한 조사 연구

This study was attempted to investigate the relationship of the nutritional knowledge, the dietary behavior, the nutrient intake and personality. The subjects consist of 833 middle-aged women residing in 3 major cities in Korea. Results showed that the average nutritional knowledge score of the total subjects is 6. 4 when the possible maximum score is 15 and their dietary behavior has been considered to e fair. The higher nutritional knowledge score of respondents, the better their dietary and those who have good dietary behavior are the better in their nutrient intake.