J Korean Diet Assoc.  2024 May;30(2):125-139. 10.14373/JKDA.2024.30.2.125.

High School Girls’ Interest in Beauty and Its Association to Eating Behaviors and Dietary Quality during the COVID-19 Pandemic

• Kim MJ
• Park SY
• Kim MH

• KMID: 2555910
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.14373/JKDA.2024.30.2.125

Abstract

This study assessed the beauty care behavior and the dietary attitudes, eating behaviors, and dietary quality related to beauty care in accordance with the level of interest in beauty care by examining 558 female high school subjects in the Incheon area. The study aimed to identify the interest in beauty care on the part of adolescent girls that impacts their dietary life and provide basic data for nutrition education forming desirable dietary habits. The interest in beauty care on the part of female high school students is relevant to dietary life and dietary attitude, with the high-level interest group attempting to use diet foods more frequently and attempting weight control because of their low satisfaction with their body type. On the other hand, a high level of interest in appearance failed to lead to the practice of a varied and balanced dietary life. Therefore, nutritional education is necessary to avoid a high level of interest in beauty care, leading to an incorrect perception of body shape and excessive weight control. Furthermore, nutrition education is necessary to link interest in appearance to the beauty of a healthy body based on nutritional balance by connecting the interest in appearance to a varied and balanced dietary life that goes beyond the category of practice.

Keyword

beauty care; eating behaviors; dietary quality; high school girls