A Study on Nutrition Education and Behavior of college students

대학생의 영양교육과 식행동에 관한 연구

This survey was carried out through questionnaries and the subjects were 498 male and 151 female students at Inha University. The results are summarized as follows ; 1) The female students had more opportunity to get nutrition education than the male students. Most students ranked education facilities as their primary sources of nutrition knowledge, but 30% of the male students ranked mass media. Nutrition knowledge score of female students was higher than that of male students. 2) 63.6% of male students drank alcohol and smoked cigarette. 33.2% of them drank only alcohol and 1.1% of them smoked only cigarette. Most of female students drank only alcohol. More than 30% of the subjects drank alcohol 1 day a week. 3) Most students ate out more than once a day and chose the menu considering taste of food. About 30% of the subjects were eating at school cafeteria, the next percentage korean restaurant, Noodle-snack cafeteria. 4) Most students have had dietary problems such as vigorous eating, skipping meal, indulging in hot and spicy food, prejudice for special food. More than 50% of the subjects are skipping breakfast. The main reason of skipping meal is lack of time.