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Yeon, Hong, and Bae: A Study on Nutritional Status and Dietary Quality of University Students by Body Image
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Korean Journal of Community Nutrition

Korean Journal of Community Nutrition 2012; 17(5): 543-554.

Published online: 31 October 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5720/kjcn.2012.17.5.543

A Study on Nutritional Status and Dietary Quality of University Students by Body Image

Jee-Young Yeon, Seung-Hee Hong1, Yun-Jung Bae1

Nutrition Policy Division, Nutrition Policy Office, Korea Food and Drug Administration, Chungcheongbuk-do, Korea.

1Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences, Hanbuk University, Gyeonggi-do, Korea.

Corresponding author: Yun-Jung Bae, Department of Food and Nutritional Sceiences Hanbuk University, 233-1 Sangpae-dong, Dongducheon-si, Gyeonggi-do 483-777, Korea. Tel: (031) 860-1445, Fax: (031) 860-1449, byj@hanbuk.ac.kr

Received 13 September 2012       Revised 29 October 2012       Accepted 29 October 2012

Copyright © 2012 The Korean Society of Community Nutrition

Abstract

This study was performed to investigate the satisfaction of body image, dietary habits, nutrition intake and dietary quality according to body image of university students (n = 290). The subjects (male = 178, female = 112) were classified to lean, normal and overweight/fat groups according to body image. The weight, body fat and body mass index (BMI) was significantly higher in the students who recognized their body image as 'overweight/fat'. The satisfaction of body image, interest of weight control and experience of weight control were significantly higher in students who recognized their body image as 'normal' in both the male and female subjects. The intakes of nutrients, dietary habits and life styles were not different according to body image. In the male subjects, the niacin intake density, the nutrient adequacy ratio (NAR) of vitamin B1 and the dietary diversity score (DDS) in the students who recognized their body image as 'overweight/fat' were significantly lower than in students who recognized their body image as 'normal' and 'lean'. In female subjects, no significant differences in nutrient intakes, NAR, MAR and DDS were observed according to body image. Future studies with a larger sample size are needed for further assessment of the relationship between nutritional status/diet quality and body image in university students.

Keywords: body image, diet quality, university students, satisfaction with body image

Figures and Tables

Fig. 1
Dietary diversity score (DDS) of subjects by body image.
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Table 1
Age and anthropometric measurements of subjects by gender
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1) Mean ± SD

2) Not significant

Table 2
Age and anthropometric measurements of subjects by body image
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1) Significance as determined by GLM test

2) Significance as determined by t-test

3) Mean ± SD

4) Not significant

5) Means with different superscripts (a~c) within a row are significantly different from each at α = 0.05 by Duncan's multiple range test

Table 3
Satisfaction with body image and interest of weight control in subjects by body image
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1) Significance as determined by χ2 test

2) %

Table 4
Life style and dietary habits of subjects by body image
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1) Significance as determined by χ2 test, 2) %, 3) Not significant, 4) Mean ± SD, 5) Significance as determined by GLM test (Not significant), 6) Significance as determined by t-test (Not significant), 7) Means with different superscripts (a~b) within a row are significantly different from each at α = 0.05 by Duncan's multiple range test

Table 5
Mean daily energy and nutrient intakes of subjects by body image
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1) Significance as determined by GLM test, 2) Significance as determined by t-test, 3) Mean ± SD, 4) Not significant, 5) Means with different superscripts (a~b) within a row are significantly different from each at α = 0.05 by Duncan's multiple range test

Table 6
Food intakes from each food group of subjects by body image
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1) Significance as determined by GLM test, 2) Significance as determined by t-test, 3) Mean ± SD, 4) Not significant

Table 7
NAR and MAR of subjects by body image
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1) Significance as determined by GLM test, 2) Significance as determined by t-test, 3) Mean ± SD, 4) Not significant, 5) Means with different superscripts (a~b) within a row are significantly different from each at α = 0.05 by Duncan's multiple range test

Table 8
Distribution of food group intake pattern (GMVFD)1) of subjects by body image
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1) GMVFD: grains, meats, vegetables, fruits, dairys food group

1: food group(s) present, 0: food group (s) absent

For example, GMVFD = 11111 denotes that all food group (grains, meats, vegetables, fruits, dairys food group) were consumed

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