The purpose of this study was to investigate beverages intake and related factors of college students in Daegu and Gyeongbuk area. The subjects of 518 college students were surveyed with a questionnaire developed for this stidy. The date were analyzed...
The purpose of this study was to investigate beverages intake and related factors of college students in Daegu and Gyeongbuk area. The subjects of 518 college students were surveyed with a questionnaire developed for this stidy. The date were analyzed with SAS 8.0 and ANOVA were employed for the data analysis and Scheffé test for post-hoc analysis.
The results are as follows:
First, Intakes of beverages showed significant difference according to the general characteristics of college students in Daegu and Gyeongbuk area. Male drank more than female and had low interest in considerations to purchase beverage. Participants who live with parents drank more than others. When they buy beverage, the didn't much care about nutritive value, advertisement, and packing. For BMI, obesity group showed significantly high intake quantity of beverage and highly considered nutritive value.
Second, the amount of beverage intake was significantly different according to the eating habit. The group of higher eating habit drank more of milk, dairy products, and tea beverage while lower eating habit group drank more of carbonated drink, which implies that eating habit influences on beverage intake and preferrence.
Third, beverage intake was significantly different according to the meal type. The group of higher snacking frequently drank more of water, carbonated drink, and fruit juice which goes well with snacks. Taste was the most highly concerned factor for selecting beverage. The group with higher frequency of eating-out drank more of carbonated drink, caffeine drink, and alcohols and they also drank more then any others.
Fourth, beverage intake was significantly different the recognition and knowledge of beverage also affected the intake of beverage. The group with higher recognition and knowledge leve on beverage drank more of milk and tea and less of for alcohols and carbonated drinks. They considered nutritive value more then any oothers to select beverages.
The results of this study show that the beverage intake is affected by eating habit and behavior as well as the knowledge and recognition on beverage.