J Nutr Health.  2018 Oct;51(5):455-464. 10.4163/jnh.2018.51.5.455.

Dietary behavior status and its association with study-related factors in middle school students in Gyeonggi area

• Lee MS
• Hyun WJ
• Song KH

• KMID: 2427768
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4163/jnh.2018.51.5.455

Abstract

PURPOSE
This study was conducted to examine the status of dietary behavior and its association with study-related factors in middle school students.
METHODS
Study-related factors, dietary habit score and dietary behaviors were surveyed by questionnaire and then analyzed. A total of 580 students in some middle schools in Gyeonggi-do participated in this study. Collected data were analyzed using SPSS for windows Ver. 22.0.
RESULTS
71.3% of the subjects slept for 6 ~ 8 hours, and the studying time outside of school was the highest (2 ~ 4 hours). The highest score for stress from studying by private lessons or academies was "˜seldom stressed', with higher stress being observed in male students than female students. The average dietary habit score was 3.69 in male students and 3.62 in female students. The highest average time for meal eating was 10 ~ 20 minutes, with shorter times being observed for male students than female students. Eating meals was regular in most students and the highest number of snack eating was 1 ~ 2 times a day. For dietary behaviors by study-related factors, students with more than 2 hours of studying time outside of school showed higher dietary habit scores than those with less than 2 hours, who showed significantly higher rates of eating 2 meals a day. As the sleeping hours and daily average studying hours increased, the rate of regular meal eating increased significantly.
CONCLUSION
The students showed good, above average dietary behaviors, but gender differences in study-related factors and dietary behaviors. Moreover, the sleeping hours and the studying time outside of school were correlated with dietary habit scores and dietary behaviors. Thus, continuous and systematic education for proper dietary behavior is needed along with greater interest in students with problems of study-related factors, particularly those due to study burden.

Keyword

study related factor; dietary behavior; middle school student

MeSH Terms

Academies and Institutes
Eating
Education
Female
Food Habits
Gyeonggi-do*
Humans
Male
Meals
Snacks

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