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Lee, Yang, Seo, and Kwon: Health/functional food consumption factors of 20's Korea women based on social cognitive theory
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Korean Journal of Nutrition

Korean Journal of Nutrition 2012; 45(2): 170-180.

Published online: 30 April 2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4163/kjn.2012.45.2.170

Health/functional food consumption factors of 20's Korea women based on social cognitive theory

Jung-Eun Lee1, *, Yoon Jung Yang2, *, SunHee Seo3, Oran Kwon3

1The Graduate School of Clinical Health Sciences, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 120-150, Korea.

2Department of Food and Nutrition, Dongduk Women's University, Seoul 136-714, Korea.

3Department of Nutritional Sciences & Food Management, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 120-150, Korea.

To whom correspondence should be addressed. (seo@ewha.ac.kr)

Equal contributor:

*These authors contributed equally to this work.

Received 17 August 2011       Revised 3 September 2011       Accepted 5 April 2012

© 2012 The Korean Nutrition Society

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Abstract

This study was conducted to identify factors influencing Health/Functional Foods (HFFs) consumption for women in their 20's based on social cognitive theory. A total of 295 subjects participated in this study and were divided into two groups based on the experience of HFF use. This study compared their personal, environmental and behavioral factors which influence the consumption of HFFs. With regard to personal factors, the expected effectiveness for HFFs was higher in the user group than the nonuser group. For the environmental factors, the subjects' use of HFFs was critically affected by the use of HFFs regarding the family members. In terms of behavioral factors, there were no significant differences between the two groups. For the user group, it was observed that their use of HFFs was closely related to when their interests for health was high and the family's use of HFF was high. On the other hands, for the nonuser group, there were less people around them using HFFs than the user group and they did not feel that HFFs were necessary. Since non-experts including parents and close acquaintances critically affected the HFF ingestion of the subjects, it is essential to educate all citizens as well as HFFs consumers about HFFs information.

Keywords: health/functional food, women in their 20's, social cognitive theory, consumption patterns, environmental factors

Figures and Tables

Table 1
General characteristics of Health/Functional Foods (HFFs) users and nonusers
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1) p-value by t-test for continuous variables and p-value by Chi-square test for categorical variables 2) N (%) 3) Mean ± SD 4) Under weight: < 18.5 kg/m2, normal: 18.5-22.9 kg/m2, over weight: 23.0-24.9 kg/m2, mild obesity: 25.0-29.9 kg/m2, extremely obesity: ≥ 30.0 kg/m2

Table 2
Personal factors of Health/Functional Foods (HFFs) users and nonusers
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1) p-value by t-test for continuous variables and p-value by Chi-square test for categorical variables 2) Multidimensional Body-Self Relation Questionnaires 3) Mean ± SD 4) Likert 5-point scale: strongly disagree, 2: disagree, 3: fair, 4: agree, 5: strongly agree

Table 3
Environmental factors of Health/Functional Foods (HFFs) users and nonusers
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1) p-value by Chi-square test 2) Percentage of subtotal subjects of the same column 3) Percentage of subjects among HFFs users 4) Percentage of subjects among HFFs nonusers

Table 4
Behavioral factors: Diet quality assessed by mini dietary assessment scores in Health/Functional Foods (HFFs) users and nonusers
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1) Minimum & maximum score for each statement is 1, 3, 5 and that for total statements is 10-50. 1: seldom, 3: sometimes, and 5: usually 2) p-value by t-test 3) Reverse scoring. 5: seldom, 3: sometimes, and 1: usually

Table 5
Behavioral factors: Consumption behaviors of HFFs users (n = 177)
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1) Subjects were HFFs user only 2) Multiple responses

Table 6
Behavioral factors: Consumption behaviors of HFFs nonusers (n = 118)
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