This study aims to investigate the nutrition knowledge, dietary habit and health care practice of sport university students, analyze the correlation between the nutrition knowledge, and dietary habit and health care practice, and ultimately provide th...
This study aims to investigate the nutrition knowledge, dietary habit and health care practice of sport university students, analyze the correlation between the nutrition knowledge, and dietary habit and health care practice, and ultimately provide the basic data for proper dietary habit education and improvement of nutrition knowledge of sport university students.
On the basis of the average value on nutrition knowledge of students in Korea Sport University in Seoul, the subjects were classified into upper nutrition knowledge group with 157 subjects(56.7%) and the lower nutrition knowledge group with 120 subjects(43.3%) to investigate the dietary habit and health care practice depending on their nutrition knowledge. The questions about nutrition knowledge include the basic knowledge on carbohydrate, protein and fat, intake of food group including vitamins, calcium and iron as the minerals which can be easily lack among the Koreans, salt which can be excessively taken among the Koreans, weight and health. The scores were calculated on the basis of full 20 points. The frequency of intake of total 10 kinds of dietary supplements was examined as referring to the sales ranking in the survey conducted by Ministry of Food and Drug Safety in 2014. For the health status and activity, the kinds and hours of exercises which the subjects did more than once a week, and present health and exercise status which the subjects were aware of and dietary habit were investigated.
1. In accordance with the analysis on the difference of Body Mass Index(BMI) depending on the nutrition knowledge, BMI(kg/m2) was the highest in the subjects with normal weight in both groups. The obesity was higher in the lower nutrition knowledge group.
2. For the difference in the intake of dietary supplements depending on the nutrition knowledge, the upper group showed higher frequency of intake of all kinds of dietary supplements than the lower group. In particular, the difference between the upper and lower group in the intake frequency for the red ginseng and the dietary supplements helping to reduce body fat was significant. Furthermore, the intake frequency of male students was higher than that of female students for all kinds of dietary supplements in the lower group. The upper group also showed higher intake frequency with the male students than female students for all kinds of dietary supplements. In other words, the higher the nutrition knowledge level was, the higher the intake of dietary supplements was. In particular, male students showed higher intake frequency of dietary supplements than female students.
3. The analysis results on the difference of health status depending on nutrition knowledge are presented below. For the health status which the subjects were aware of, the upper group thought they were healthy without any diseases much more than the lower group. Moreover, the upper group demonstrated higher ratio on the question ‘I sometimes have a cold and ache but tend to be healthy’ than the lower group. Meanwhile, the lower group showed higher ratio on the question ‘I have no specific diseases but always feel tired and tend to be weak’ than the upper group. The results indicate the significant difference between the upper and the lower group. In addition, the number of exercises was higher in the upper group than in the lower group.
4. In accordance with the analysis on the difference of dietary habit depending on the nutrition knowledge, the daily average intake frequency of the upper group(2.73) for food cooked using oil was higher than that of the lower group(2.33).
The subjects with more nutrition knowledge showed less obesity, more frequent intake of red ginseng and dietary supplements to control weight, higher ratio in thinking they were healthy and higher exercise ratio and had more food cooked using oil. It is required to provide the nutrition education for sport university students to practice health lifestyle and build proper dietary habit. To this end, it is required to implement the systematic education in he educational institutes and the education related to the practice of health lifestyle in a variety of places besides the regular education. It is necessary to provide the opportunity to participate in the nutrition education as well as to acknowledge the importance of knowledge for practicing the healthy lifestyle in a wide range of places.
Key Words: Sport University Students, Nutrition Knowledge, Dietary Habit, Health Care Practice