Abstract
A two day investigation of the life-style and meal records of male and female university students in the Tokyo Metropolitan area was conducted in order to understand the awareness of the students of their mealtime in relation to their actual dietary habits.
The following results were obtained on the place of mealtime, the contents of the meals, and the meal pattern.
1) Male and female students ate or drank any time during approximately 24 hours a day.
2) Male students were more aware of the disorder of their mealtime.
3) At lunch male students tended to eat more one-dish meal while female students tended to eat snack more.
4) The rate of meal eaten in home was at a very high rate of between 72 and 85% for breakfast. 51% of male students had lunch out while 52% of female students ate intermediate meal.
5) Many students needed 30 minutes for breakfast, but 50.3% of female students needed under 20 minutes. A primary factor may be that the female students needed the time to get dressed.
