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Status and Relationships among Lifestyle, Food Habits, and Stress Scores of Adults in Chungnam


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Status and Relationships among Lifestyle, Food Habits, and Stress Scores of Adults in Chungnam

Article information

Korean J Community Nutr. 2012;17(5):579-588
Publication date (electronic) : 2012 October 31
doi : https://doi.org/10.5720/kjcn.2012.17.5.579
Yeon-Ja Seo, Mi-Hyun Kim1, Myung-Hee Kim2, Mi-Kyeong Choi2
Major in Nutrition Education, Graduate School of Education, Kongju National University, Chungnam, Korea.
1Department of Food & Nutrition, Kangwon National University, Samcheok, Korea.
2Division of Food Science, Kongju National University, Yesan, Korea.
Corresponding author: Mi-Kyeong Choi, Division of Food Science, Kongju National University, 54, Daehak-ro, Yesan, Chungnam 340-702, Korea. Tel: (041) 330-1462, Fax: (041) 330-1469, mkchoi67@kongju.ac.kr
Received 2012 July 08; Revised 2012 September 14; Accepted 2012 September 24.

Abstract

This study was conducted to investigate the association among demographic characteristics, lifestyle, food habits, and stress status of 437 males and females aged over 25 years in Chungnam. Overall, the stress status of the subjects was high showing an average of 103 points out of 156 points based on the something scale. Results of the study revealed that marital status, exercise status, and health status had significant relationships with food habits and stress scores. The subjects who were married, had a higher frequency of exercise, and were healthier, had a significantly higher food habit score but a significantly lower stress score compared with their counterparts. Also, food habit scores had a significantly negative relationship with stress scores. Thus, this research showed possible links among healthy food habits, desirable lifestyle, and low stress status. In other words, people who experience a high level of stress may be more likely to have unhealthy food habits, resulting in a poor healthy conditions. These results show that appropriate food habits and adequate dietary management are deemed necessary for people with a high degree of stress. Further in-depth studies are needed to clarify a direct relationship between stress and food habits and to determine the proper diet that may help relieve stress.

Keywords: lifestyle; food habits; stress status; adults

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Table 1

General characteristics of the subjects

Table 1

1) N (%)

Table 2

Lifestyles and health status of the subjects

Table 2

1) N (%)

*: p < 0.05, **: p < 0.01, ***: p < 0.001, Significant difference between men and women by χ2-test

Table 3

Food habit score of the subjects

Table 3

1) Mean ± SD

*: p < 0.05, **: p < 0.01, ***: p < 0.001, Significant difference between men and women by independent t-test

Table 4

Stress score of the subjects

Table 4

1) Mean ± SD

***: p < 0.001, Significant difference between men and women by independent t-test

Table 5

Mean scores of food habit and stress in the subjects by general characteristics

Table 5

1) Mean ± SD

2) Different alphabets show significantly different by Scheffe's test (a < b)

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

Table 6

Mean scores of food habit and stress in the subjects by lifestyles and health status

Table 6

1) Mean ± SD

2) Different alphabets show significantly different by Scheffe's test (a < b)

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

Table 7

Correlations between food habit and stress scores adjusted for gender and age of the subjects (N=437)

Table 7

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