Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate relations between health habits and health knowledge. Six hundred and twenty-nine college freshmen served as subjects. They answered a questionnaire about the teaching of health education in high school, their health knowledge, and their life habits (exercise, length of sleep, frequency of eating) .
1. Attendance at lectures that used teacher handouts was high. Attendance at lectures that had discussion with students was low.
2. The scores were significantly lower for functions of mind and body. This indicates the importance of lectures in the study of fundamental health.
3. The rate of health knowledge was related to the number of items understood. This indicates the importance of teaching many items in high school.
4. By the POSA methed we recognized a double-stage order scale structure of life habits which consisted of exercise, sleep, and eating. It suggests that the main factor was eating, and sleep were next.
5. We recognized a significant relation between scale of life habit and degree of health knowledge. It suggests that it is very important for a student to have health knowledge for good life habits.
