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Body weight control and dietary behavior of Korean middle school students
Author(s) -
Chang Kyung Ja,
Kim Mi Jung,
You JeongSoon
Publication year - 2010
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.24.1_supplement.732.12
Subject(s) - overweight , obesity , significant difference , medicine , nutrition education , normal weight , body weight , demography , gerontology , sociology
In order to provide basic information for nutrition education program in Korean middle school students, this cross‐sectional survey was conducted using a questionnaire. The subject of study was 190 middle school students (96 males and 94 females) in Incheon metropolitan area. The average BMI of male and female students were 21.9 kg/m 2 and 19.6 kg/m 2 , respectively. As for BMI distribution, more male students (33.0%) were in overweight/obesity group compared to female students (10.6%). Overweight/obesity group answered significantly more ‘childhood obesity’ and ‘obese family member’, and less ‘regular exercise’ compared to low weight and normal groups. About 50% of the subjects had experience of body weight control. There were significant differences in eating rate and amount among groups according to BMI; overweight/obesity group used to eat three meals rapidly and fully. There was no significant difference in food frequency among groups according to BMI. However, there was significant difference in food frequency between male and female students. Male students ate more frequently cooked rice, bread, fried noodle, to‐fu, pork and ham compared to female students. Female students ate more frequently seaweed compared to male students. Therefore, it is necessary to develop nutrition education program based on gender difference in addition to BMI difference.