Abstract
To determine whether education had an effect on food life styles, a questionnaire survey was conducted of college women majoring in nutrition (Group A, 374), nursing (Group B, 252), and the arts (Group C, 251)
1) When asked whether they thought they were not eating properly to maintain good health, 22%, 33%, and 28% in groups A, B and C, respectively, thought that this applied to themselves.
2) When asked about their subjective feelings of fatigue, 71%, 68%, and 61% in groups A, B, and C, respectively, answered that they felt very tired.
3) With respect to their wishes about their health condition, 56% overall hoped to be healthy, 19% were worried about maintaining their health, and 25% wanted to learn howto maintain their health.
4) Frequent skipping of meals was reported by 36% in group A, 42% in B and 46% in C.
5) The intake frequencies of vegetables, seaweed, pulses, fish and shellfish, dairy products, and oils were higher in group A than in B and C.These food groups are considered to represent the quality of food styles.
6) The intake of beverages such as coffee and juice containing sugar was reported by 10%, 18%, and 24% in groups A, B, and C to be more than 2 times per day and 61% 45%, and 47% in groups A, B, and C to be less than once a week, respectively.
These results showed that the quality of food habits was the highest for the nutrition majors (group A). Thus, education about food and nutrition is needed to help improve the food styles of college students.
