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Lee, Lee, Soh, and Choi: Analysis on Stress and Dietary Attitudes of Male Employees
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Korean Journal of Community Nutrition

Korean Journal of Community Nutrition 2011; 16(3): 337-352.

Published online: 30 June 2011

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5720/kjcn.2011.16.3.337

Analysis on Stress and Dietary Attitudes of Male Employees

Mi-Ae Lee, Eun-Ju Lee, Hye-Kyung Soh, Bong-Soon Choi

Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Catholic University of Daegu, Daegu, Korea.

Corresponding author: Bong-Soon Choi, Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Catholic University of Daegu, 330 Geumnak 1-ri, hayang-eup, Gyeongsan-si 712-702, Gyeongbuk, Korea. Tel: (053) 850-3522, Fax: (053) 850-3516, bschoi@cu.ac.kr

Received 9 December 2010       Revised 14 December 2010       Accepted 9 June 2011

Copyright © 2011 The Korean Society of Community Nutrition

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 life-related 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.

Keywords: male employees, dietary habits, job stress, life stress

Figures and Tables

Table 1
General characteristics of the subjects
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Table 2
Anthropometric data of the subjects
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BMI : Body Mass Index = body weight (kg)/height (m)2

1) BMI < 18.5

2) 18.5 ≤ BMI < 23.0

3) 23.0 ≤ BMI < 25.0

4) BMI ≥ 25.0

Table 3
Life habits of the subjects
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Table 4
Dietary habits of the subjects
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Table 5
The average score by job stress category
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The higher the score, the higher the job stress (possible score 1 - 4)

Table 6
The average score by daily life stress category
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The higher the score, the higher the daily life stress (possible score 1 - 4)

Table 7
Job stress levels according to general characteristics of the subjects
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Values are N (%)

*: p < 0.05, **: p < 0.01

1) Below 42.4 according to job stress score

2) From 42.5 to 54.7 according to job stress score

3) Above 54.8 according to job stress score

4) Fisher's Exact test

Table 8
Job stress levels according to life habits of the subjects
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Values are N (%), ***: p < 0.001, †: Fisher's Exact test

1) Below 42.4 according to job stress score

2) From 42.5 to 54.7 according to job stress score

3) Above 54.8 according to job stress score

4) Fisher's Exact test

Table 9
Job stress levels according to food habits of the subjects
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Values are N (%)

**: p < 0.01

1) Below 42.4 according to job stress score

2) From 42.5 to 54.7 according to job stress score

3) Above 54.8 according to job stress score

4) Fisher's Exact test

Table 10
Taste preference according to job stress levels
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Values are Mean ± SD

The lower the score, the higher the preference (possible score 1 - 5)

1) Below 42.4 according to job stress score

2) From 42.5 to 54.7 according to job stress score

3) Above 54.8 according to job stress score

Table 11
Food intake frequency score according to job stress levels
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Values are Mean ± SD, *: p < 0.05

a, b: Means with different superscript letters are significantly different from each other at p < 0.05 by Duncan's multiple range test

1) Below 42.4 according to job stress score, 2) From 42.5 to 54.7 according to job stress score

3) Above 54.8 according to job stress score

Table 12
Daily life stress score according to general characteristics of the subjects
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Values are Mean ± SD: 4-point Likert scale (high score denote strong stress)

*: p < 0.05, **: p < 0.01

a, b: Means with different superscript letters are significantly different from each other at p < 0.05 by Duncan's multiple range test

Table 13
Daily life stress score according to life habits of the subjects
kjcn-16-337-i013

Values are Mean ± SD: 4-point Likert scale (high score denote strong stress)

*: p < 0.05, **: p < 0.01, ***: p < 0.001

Table 14
Daily life stress score according to dietary habits of the subjects
kjcn-16-337-i014

Values are Mean ± SD: 4-point Likert scale (high score denote strong stress)

*: p < 0.05, **: p < 0.01

a, b: Means with different superscript letters are significantly different from each other at p < 0.05 by Duncan's multiple range test

Table 15
Correlation coefficient between food intake frequency and daily life stress
kjcn-16-337-i015

*: p < 0.05

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