Analysis of Dietary Behaviors, Food Consumption Frequency and Blood Clinical Indices by Residence Types of Female College Students in Seoul

Ru Zi Lee; Jung Hee Kim

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Lee and Kim: Analysis of Dietary Behaviors, Food Consumption Frequency and Blood Clinical Indices by Residence Types of Female College Students in Seoul

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Korean Journal of Community Nutrition 2019; 24(3): 183-196.

Published online: 30 June 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5720/kjcn.2019.24.3.183

Analysis of Dietary Behaviors, Food Consumption Frequency and Blood Clinical Indices by Residence Types of Female College Students in Seoul

Ru Zi Lee¹

, Jung Hee Kim²

¹Graduate School of Seoul Women's University, Seoul, Korea, Student.

²Department of Food and Nutrition, Seoul Women's University, Seoul, Korea, Professor.

Corresponding author: Jung Hee Kim. Department of Food and Nutrition, College of Natural Sciences, Seoul Women's University, 621 Hwarangno, Nowon-gu, Seoul 01797, Korea. Tel: (02) 970-5646, Fax: (02) 976-4049, jheekim@swu.ac.kr

Received 27 May 2019 Revised 19 June 2019 Accepted 19 June 2019

The Korean Society of Community Nutrition

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Abstract

Objectives

College is an important time for students to establish their identity as an independent subjects and develop a foundation to maintain a healthy adulthood. However, after female students become college students, their eating habits are likely to become more irregular and they may experience various health problems because of excessive weight control. Therefore, this study was conducted to investigate the dietary behaviors and blood clinical indices of female college students by residence types.

Methods

A total of 374 subjects were classified as home group, self-boarding group or boarding group according to residence type. Dietary habits, frequency of food intake, and eating attitudes were examined through questionnaires and anthropometric measurements and blood clinical indices were analyzed.

Results

The meal most frequently skipped by female college students was breakfast, and the frequency of skipping breakfast was significantly lower in the home group than other groups. Most college students recognized that their eating habits had worsened since becoming college students, with the self-boarding group in particular feeling that their eating habits changed negatively. The consumption frequencies of protein foods, fruits, dairy products, seaweed, and fatty meats were significantly lower in the self-boarding group than other groups. The home group ate food cut into smaller pieces, while the self-boarding group tried new and rich foods. Residence types did not affect blood clinical indices.

Conclusions

The self-boarding group had inadequate dietary habits compared to the home group. Although residence type did not affect the blood clinical indices, the students still had poor dietary habits. Therefore, proper nutrition education is needed to improve the nutritional status of college students, especially those that self-board.

Keywords: residence types, female college students, dietary behavior, blood clinical indices

Figures and Tables

Table 1

General characteristics and anthropometric indices of subjects

^*, ^***: p<0.05 and p<0.001 by Fisher's exact test since cells have expected frequency less than 5

1) Mean ± SD

2) Body Mass Index

3) Blood Pressure

4) Number of subjects, ( ): % of subjects

NS: Not significantly different among groups by one-way ANOVA and Duncan's multiple range test

Table 2

Dietary behaviors of subjects

^**, ^***: p<0.01 and p<0.001 by Fisher's exact test since cells have expected frequency less than 5

1) Number of subjects, ( ): % of subjects

Table 3

Food consumption frequency of subjects

^*, ^**, ^***: p<0.05, p<0.01 and p<0.001 by Fisher's exact test since cells have expected frequency less than 5

1) Number of subjects, ( ): % of subjects

Table 4

Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26) of subjects

Values are scaled as follows: always; 4 point, usually; 3 point, often; 2 point, sometimes; 1 point, rarely; 0 point, never; 0 point

1) Mean ± SD

a, b: Means with different superscript letters are significantly different at p<0.05 among 3 groups by ANOVA and Duncan's multiple range test

Table 5

Blood clinical indices of subjects

Hb: hemoglobin; Hct: hematocrit

1) Mean ± SD

2) % of subjects who are below or above the cut-off points (Hb<12 g/dL, Hct<36%, Triglyceride≥150 mg/dL, Total cholesterol≥200 mg/dL, HDL-cholesterol <50 mg/dL, glucose≥100 mg/dL)

NS: Not significantly different among groups by one-way ANOVA and Duncan's multiple range test

Acknowledgments

This work was supported by a research grant from Seoul Women's University in 2019.

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Ru Zi Lee
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Jung Hee Kim
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2282-5524

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