This study was carried out to investigate the food habits and frequency of food intake of college women in Seoul vicinity. Self administered questionnaire was composed of four parts; anthropometric data, general characteristics, food habits, food freq...
This study was carried out to investigate the food habits and frequency of food intake of college women in Seoul vicinity. Self administered questionnaire was composed of four parts; anthropometric data, general characteristics, food habits, food frequency data. The frequency of food intake were compared according to education level of mother, family income, residence type and health status. The subjects were 318 females college student. The means of height, weight and BMI were 162.3cm, 53.4kg and 20.3kg/m2 respectively. The average meal frequency of the students was 2 times a day. Among the subject, 72.5% were skipped the breakfast. There were significant differences in vegetable, laver, fruit, soft drink intake by education level of mother(p<0.05). The students living with parents had higher frequency scores in meats, fish, fruit, cooked mixed rice intake than the students living alone. It also showed differences in laver, fruit intake by family income(p<0.05). Consequently, good food habits seems to be important to maintain a nutritional balance and it suggests that nutrition program should be prepared according to their life patten, residence type, family income etc.