Abstract
The relationship between bone mineral density of junior college students and their dietary habits and regular exercise activity was examined. Subjects were 107 female students of a junior college in Ibaraki Prefecture. To measure bone mineral density of students, dry densitometry method was adopted to their both heels. Also, students were asked to fill out questionnaires to explore their dietary habits and regular exercise activity.
We found significant association between regular exercise activity and BUA. among junior college dietetics students who had regular exercise activity was higher as compared to junior college dietetics students with no regular exercise．Findings show that the more dairy products, fishes, vegetables, or soybean products the students intake, bone mineral density they have, and that the students with strong desire to intake calcium and students who conduct physical exercise regularly have higher bone mineral density than the students without these tendencies.These findings suggest that it is necessary to develop curricula to have female students understand the importance of dietary habits or regular exercise activity for the growth of bone with high mineral density.
