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Consumption patterns of snacks according to characteristics of family environment among Korean adolescents
Author(s) -
Doo Miae,
Seo Ji Yeong,
Kim Yangha
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.23.1_supplement.912.5
Subject(s) - consumption (sociology) , medicine , food consumption , environmental health , food frequency questionnaire , family income , demography , economics , agricultural economics , social science , sociology , economic growth
In this study, consumption patterns of snacks were studied according to characteristics of family environment. The subjects of the study were 607 adolescents (men 316 women 291) aged 14 ~ 16 years, living Seoul area, Korea. The subjects were surveyed by a self‐administered questionnaire about household income, parents' education, mother's job, and snack consumption. The subjects with mother having a job showed higher consumption of processed‐snack ( P < 0.001), lower consumption of home‐made snack ( P < 0.001), but higher frequency of consumption in 'Fruit and fruit juice' ( P < 0.05) or 'Milk and yogurt' ( P < 0.001) compared to the subjects with mother having not a job. The subjects with higher household income showed higher frequency of consumption in 'Fast food' ( P < 0.05), but lower frequency of consumption in 'Milk and yogurt' ( P < 0.05). The subjects with parents having higher education level showed higher frequency of consumption in 'Fast food' ( P < 0.05). These results suggest that characteristics of family environment may be one of the important factors contributing the consumption pattern of snack among Korean adolescents.