Korean J Community Nutr.
1999 Dec;4(4):568-574.
The Change in Undergraduate Students' Food Consumption Behavior due to Korean Economic Crisis in 1997
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- 1Department of Child & Family Welfare, Food & nutrition, Ulsan, Korea.
Abstract
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This paper was carried out to investigate the change of food consumption behavior of 733 undergraduate students due to the Korean Economic Crisis in 1997. After the economic crisis, undergraduate students in Ulsan statistically and significantly reduced the intake frequency of almost all foods except rice, kimchi, the Korean tea and the frequency of fast food restaurants used compared with before the economic crisis. The results show that the Korean economic crisis significantly effected the food consumption and restaurant use behavior of the undergraduates in Ulsan.