J Korean Biol Nurs Sci.  2016 May;18(2):87-93. 10.7586/jkbns.2016.18.2.87.

The Relationships between Body Mass Index, Nutrition Knowledge and the Health Promotion Behavior of Nursing Students

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  • 1Yonsei University, Industrial Academic Cooperation Foundation, Seoul, Korea. teddy627@hanmail.net

Abstract

PURPOSE
This study was done to identify the relationships between body mass index, nutritional knowledge and the health promotion behavior of nursing students.
METHODS
Participants consisted of the entire 330 members of the student body of a Korean nursing college. Variables included body mass index, nutritional knowledge and health promotion behavior as well as demographic variables. Data was analyzed by frequencies, ANOVA and Pearson's correlation with the SPSS/Win 21.0 program.
RESULTS
The mean score for body mass index was 20.23 kg/m2 for nutritional knowledge, 14.27±3.07 on a total 20-point scale, and for health promotion behavior, 3.03±0.34 on a 4-point scale. Nutrition knowledge positively correlated with health promotion behavior (r=.368,p<.001). Health promotion behavior positively correlated with underweightness (r=.120, p=.005), normal weight (r=.212, p<.001), negatively correlated to overweightness (r=-.351, p<.001), and obesity (r=-.413, p<.001). Nutrition knowledge positively correlated to underweightness (r=.155, p=.005), and normal weight (r=.346, P<.001), negatively correlated to overweightness (r=-.548, p<.001), and obesity (r=-.342, p<.001).
CONCLUSION
In order to enhance the effective health promotion behavior of nursing students, it is important to actively intervene to improve body weight control behavior and nutritional knowledge. Therefore, developing an educational program for improving nutritional knowledge and body weight control behavior of nursing students is recommended.

Keyword

Body mass index; Nutrition; Knowledge; Health promotion; Nursing student

MeSH Terms

Body Mass Index*
Body Weight
Health Promotion*
Humans
Nursing*
Obesity
Overweight
Students, Nursing*
Thinness
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