In this thesis, we investigated 366 high school girl's living environment (number of their family members, order of their birth, their parents' academic background, presence of their mother's job, place they live, and their parents' income) and eating...
In this thesis, we investigated 366 high school girl's living environment (number of their family members, order of their birth, their parents' academic background, presence of their mother's job, place they live, and their parents' income) and eating habits(skipping a meal, having a meal regularly, having a snack, and eating-out) and the relationship between them. We also examined their way of thinking about their weight. Collected data were analysed through the chi-square test by SPSS/PC(ver. 10.0)
The major findings in our study are summarized as follows;
1) Most of high school girls have a family of 3-5(85.8%) and were born first or second in their family(79.3%). Many of them have parents who graduated from high school(62.3%) and earn about 1.000.000-2.000.000 won a month(62.9%). 81.4% of them live in their house. Some of them have a mother who has a job(33.3%).
2) Many of high school girls eat breakfast everyday(59.0%) and eat a snack once or twice a day(78.9%). They often eat out with their friends and hardly bring leftover to their home(5.3%).
3) Most of them think that breakfast is the most important meal but they often skip it or eat it irregularly (89.6%). They think irregular eating(27.3%), excessive eating (23.2%), unbalanced diet(18.9%), and skipping of a meal(18.0%) are problems.
4) High school girls don't eat breakfast(23%), lunch(3.0%), or dinner(5.7%). Many high school girls who were born third or forth in their family don't eat their breakfast(30.3% of the time, p<0.05). High school girls whose father has a good academic background eat their breakfast 39.3% of the time(p<0.05). They eat lunch more regularly than breakfast or dinner(85.0%). Those who don't live with their parents have a meal regularly (67.4%). High school girls whose father has a bad academic background often eat out with their friends(p<0.01) and those whose father has a good academic background often eat out with their family (p< 0.05).
5) High school girls' average height is 161.2 cm and their average weight is 54.3kg. Their RBW averages 98.6. 18.9% of them are under weight and 12.6% of them are over weight. 68.6% are normal in weight. High school girls think they are under weight(9.0%), normal(33.6%) and over weight(57.4%) and most of them think they weigh more than they do.
6) High school girls think that anemia(37.9%), constipation (24.0%), gastroenteric disorder(16.4%), and sense of fatigue(10.6%) are problems. Those who are over weight have tried to reduce their weight(60.9%, p<0.001). High school girls whose weight is normal reduce their weight in order to have a good appearance and those who are under or over weight reduce their weight in order to be healthy (p< 0.05). To reduce their weight, most high school girls diet themselves (p<0.05) while some of them do exercise(19.5%).
These results will help students to keep their health and have a good eating habit and they will serve as basic data which mothers and teachers use to offer better nutrition to their daughters and students.