This study was conduct.ed to investigate the intake pattern of health foods in the market. A total of 450 peop le over 20 years of age living in Daejeon and the vicinities were interviewed and asked to fill out the questionnaire during the period from...
This study was conduct.ed to investigate the intake pattern of health foods in the market. A total of 450 peop le over 20 years of age living in Daejeon and the vicinities were interviewed and asked to fill out the questionnaire during the period from the September 2004 to the October 2004. Among the 398 answers collected , 28 was incomplete data , and 370 answers were used . for the statistical analysis by using SAS prograrn.
The resu lts obtained were summarized as follow The ma,i ority of respondents were female 53. 51%, who were 20-29 years old 35.41 %, and 58.11 % had college education or over. Of the 370 respondents surveyed , half (49 .46%) was found to take health food . Depending on the general characteristic and the sex of the subjects , there were significant differences in the kind of health food , respectivel y. (p< 0.00 1). T he popular heal th food items were vi tarnin , ginseng product, complex nutrient. And the popular health drinks iterns were lactobacillus, drinks of vitamin type , green tea.
Therefor, there is a need to educate consumers abou t the nutritional va lue of health drinks and how to use nutritional su pplements.