Korean Journal of Community Nutrition (대한지역사회영양학회지)

The Korean Society of Community Nutrition (대한지역사회영양학회)
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Analysis on Stress and Dietary Attitudes of Male Employees

직장인 남성의 스트레스와 식생활 태도에 관한 분석

  • Lee, Mi-Ae (Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Catholic University of Daegu) ;
  • Lee, Eun-Ju (Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Catholic University of Daegu) ;
  • Soh, Hye-Kyung (Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Catholic University of Daegu) ;
  • Choi, Bong-Soon (Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Catholic University of Daegu)
  • 이미애 (대구가톨릭대학교 식품영양학과) ;
  • 이은주 (대구가톨릭대학교 식품영양학과) ;
  • 소혜경 (대구가톨릭대학교 식품영양학과) ;
  • 최봉순 (대구가톨릭대학교 식품영양학과)
  • Received : 2010.12.09
  • Accepted : 2011.06.09
  • Published : 2011.06.30
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Abstract

This study was conducted to vitalize life through analysis on lifestyles, stress and dietary habits of male employees. For this study, questionnaire survey and physical measurements to examine BMI and waist circumference were performed with male employees in four companies located in Gyeongnam. Total 350 copies of the questionnaire were distributed and 327 ones were finally analyzed. The results of analysis on dietary liferelated problems and stress were as follows. First, according to BMI, 56.9% were overweight and waist circumference recorded less than 90 cm in 90.5%. For lifestyles, 54.1%, 79.2%, 60.9% and 52.3% smoked, drank alcohol, didn't exercise and didn't sleep sufficiently. Second, for the correlation with job stress, the subjects graduating junior college or lower academic institution, production employees and sleeping insufficiently showed higher compared to the others. Analysis on the correlation with life stress found that conjugal relation stress was higher in alcohol-drinkers, the males not taking dietary supplements, those with a normal weight or more compared to underweight ones. Stress from relation with a child was higher aged 35~49 years than in those aged 20~34 years, and stress from economic life was higher aged less than 50 years, in those graduating junior colleges compared to those graduating colleges, in those sleeping insufficiently. Health life stress was found to be higher in those without religion compared to those with it such as Protestant Christianity and Catholicism, in alcohol drinkers and in those sleeping insufficiently and having a disease. Based on this, in order to improve the lifestyles and dietary habits and release stress effectively, practical nutrition education program should be carried out.

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