Abstract
This paper aims to clarify the effects of completing homemaking courses offered at high schools since 1994 on the eating habits of male college students. The research method was to compare measures of food intake between a survey in 1996 (object: male college students who had not completed a homemaking course at high school) and a survey in 2002 (object: male college students who had completed a homemaking source at high school). The completion of homemaking courses at high school did not result in an increase in the quality of food intake by the male college students in the 2002 survey as compared to the 1996 survey. The reason was believed to be the changes in the food environment surrounding the students. The changes had been so great in the six years that they negated the effects of studying homemaking. Markedly lower quality of food intake by those who lived at home were believed to be a consequence of the deterioration in the quality of home meals due to decreased opportunities to prepare meals at home.
