This study was carried out to investigate food habits, nutrition knowledge, anthropometric measurement and nutrient intakes according to breakfast frequency of 286 college students(154 male and 132 female) in Daegu area. As a consequence, the followin...
This study was carried out to investigate food habits, nutrition knowledge, anthropometric measurement and nutrient intakes according to breakfast frequency of 286 college students(154 male and 132 female) in Daegu area. As a consequence, the following findings were obtained.
About 81.1% of respondents well perceived the importance of breakfast, about 70.1% of below 2 per week respondents perceived that. It was found that most of the college students attached importance to breakfast regardless of the frequency of taking breakfast. The cause of eating breakfast was hungry and the main reason for skipping breakfast was no time to eat. The rate of skipping breakfast was higher that the style of mother's occupation was part timer and all day worker than no job. The skipping breakfast rate of take home with family group was 62.8%, but the more frequency eat breakfast than cook for oneself group.
The Satisfaction of breakfast was a higher breakfast frequency. The nutrition knowledge and food habits average score according to breakfast frequency was the best score (5 or every day per week group : 10.13(male : 9.14, female : 10.21), 20.90(male : 20.82, female : 21.05))
It was found that most of the respondents got nutritional information from mass media such as radio, TV and internet. 61.9% of them showed a low practical rate with respect to 'I think that the acquired information is right but do not practice it.'
As can be seen above, it could be found that college students perceived the importance of breakfast. Analyze nutrient intakes according to breakfast frequency, all groups were below the RI in energy, carbohydrate, protein and fat. The more they were skipping breakfast, the less vitamin, inorganic matter and dietary foods intakes were become. Lack of will practiced knowledge was blocking that correct the bad food habits, for all plenty of chance to contact with nutrition knowledge from the internet and mass communication. The college students will have to concerned about good food habits for healthful the period of adult.