Relationship between Dietary Habits, Life Stress and Nutrition Knowledge of High School Students in Gyeonggi Area

Kyung Ae Park; Hongmie Lee; Kyunghee Song

doi:10.5720/kjcn.2020.25.2.126

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Relationship between Dietary Habits, Life Stress and Nutrition Knowledge of High School Students in Gyeonggi Area: Kyung Ae Park, Hongmie Lee, Kyunghee Song; Korean Journal of Community Nutrition 2020;25(2):126-136.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5720/kjcn.2020.25.2.126
Published online: April 30, 2020

¹Department of Food Service and Nutrition, Kaya University, Gimhae, Korea, Professor

²Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Daejin University, Pocheon, Korea, Professor

³Department of Food and Nutrition, Myongji University, Yongin, Korea, Professor

Corresponding author: Kyunghee Song,
Email: khsong@mju.ac.kr

Received: 24 March 2020 • Revised: 20 April 2020 • Accepted: 22 April 2020

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Abstract

Objectives
This study was performed to examine dietary habits, life stress, and nutrition knowledge among high school students in Gyeonggi area.
Methods
A total of 431 high school students (210 males, 221 females) in Gyeonggi area participated in this study from November to December of 2011. The study was a questionnaire-based survey that included dietary habits, dietary attitudes, life stress, and nutrition knowledge.
Results
Body weight, height, and body mass index were all higher in male students than in female students (P < 0.001, respectively). For dietary habits, the average score (P < 0.01) and scores for considering combination of food groups (P < 0.05), eating green and orange vegetables (P < 0.05), eating meat, fish, eggs, or beans everyday (P < 0.05), drinking milk (P < 0.001), and eating seaweed (P < 0.01) were higher in male students than in female students. For dietary attitudes, the average score (P < 0.05) and scores for the five items were significantly different between male and female students. Male students showed a significantly lower nutrition knowledge score than female students (P < 0.05). Life stress score of students largely was attributable to academic factors, and female students showed higher stress score for academic, personal, and surrounding environmental (P < 0.05, respectively) factors than male students. Dietary habit score (P < 0.01) and nutrition knowledge score (P < 0.05) in female students as well as dietary attitude score (P < 0.05) in male students were negatively correlated with life stress score. Dietary habit scores in male and female students were positively correlated with dietary attitude score (P < 0.01, respectively). Need for nutrition education was significantly higher in female students than in male students (P < 0.05).
Conclusions
This study provides basic information on dietary habits, dietary attitudes, life stress, and nutrition knowledge according to sex and suggests gender-specific practical nutrition education programs to address undesirable dietary habits and attitudes in students with higher stress levels.

Keywords: dietary attitude; dietary habit; high school student; life stress; nutrition knowledge

Korean J Community Nutr. 2020 Apr;25(2):126-136. Korean.
Published online Apr 30, 2020.
https://doi.org/10.5720/kjcn.2020.25.2.126

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Relationship between Dietary Habits, Life Stress and Nutrition Knowledge of High School Students in Gyeonggi Area

Kyung Ae Park

,¹ Hongmie Lee

,² and Kyunghee Song

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- ¹Department of Food Service and Nutrition, Kaya University, Gimhae, Korea, Professor.
- ²Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Daejin University, Pocheon, Korea, Professor.
- ³Department of Food and Nutrition, Myongji University, Yongin, Korea, Professor.
Corresponding author: Kyunghee Song. Department of Food and Nutrition, Myongji University, 116, Myongji-ro, Cheoin-gu, Yongin, Gyeonggi 17058, Korea. Tel : (031) 330-6206, Fax : (031) 330-6200, Email: khsong@mju.ac.kr

Received March 24, 2020; Revised April 20, 2020; Accepted April 22, 2020.

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Abstract

Objectives

This study was performed to examine dietary habits, life stress, and nutrition knowledge among high school students in Gyeonggi area.

Methods

A total of 431 high school students (210 males, 221 females) in Gyeonggi area participated in this study from November to December of 2011. The study was a questionnaire-based survey that included dietary habits, dietary attitudes, life stress, and nutrition knowledge.

Results

Body weight, height, and body mass index were all higher in male students than in female students (P < 0.001, respectively). For dietary habits, the average score (P < 0.01) and scores for considering combination of food groups (P < 0.05), eating green and orange vegetables (P < 0.05), eating meat, fish, eggs, or beans everyday (P < 0.05), drinking milk (P < 0.001), and eating seaweed (P < 0.01) were higher in male students than in female students. For dietary attitudes, the average score (P < 0.05) and scores for the five items were significantly different between male and female students. Male students showed a significantly lower nutrition knowledge score than female students (P < 0.05). Life stress score of students largely was attributable to academic factors, and female students showed higher stress score for academic, personal, and surrounding environmental (P < 0.05, respectively) factors than male students. Dietary habit score (P < 0.01) and nutrition knowledge score (P < 0.05) in female students as well as dietary attitude score (P < 0.05) in male students were negatively correlated with life stress score. Dietary habit scores in male and female students were positively correlated with dietary attitude score (P < 0.01, respectively). Need for nutrition education was significantly higher in female students than in male students (P < 0.05).

Conclusions

This study provides basic information on dietary habits, dietary attitudes, life stress, and nutrition knowledge according to sex and suggests gender-specific practical nutrition education programs to address undesirable dietary habits and attitudes in students with higher stress levels.

Keywords

dietary attitude; dietary habit; high school student; life stress; nutrition knowledge

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General characteristics of high school students by sex

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Height, weight and body mass index of high school students by sex

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Dietary habit score of high school students by sex

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Dietary attitude score of high school students by sex

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Nutrition knowledge score of high school students by sex

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Life stress score of high school students by sex

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Correlation among dietary habit, dietary attitude, nutrition knowledge and life stress of high school students

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Nutrition information sources and need for nutrition education of high school students by sex

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