2000 Volume 9 Issue 1 Pages 67-72
Questionnaire survey on health consciousness and eating habits was conducted to about 20-year-old female college students enrolled at universities located in the Metropolitan and Kansai areas. As a result, 88% and more of the students feel they are healthy both in the Metropolitan and Kansai areas. Much more students in the Metropolitan area responded that they are confident of their physical strength. The students in the Kansai area have much longer hours of sleep. 90% and more of the students in both the areas have some feelings of stress. The majority of the students in the Metropolitan area get rid of stress by playing sports while the majority of the students in the Kansai area get rid of it by singing with Karaoke accompaniment. The staple food for breakfast is rice in the Metropolitan area and bread in the Kansai area, which is a significant difference. The purpose of taking health supplementary food is to supplement nutrition in both areas. Many students in the Kansai areas take health supplementary food to stay in shape. The results show that young people are influenced differently according to living environment and culture.
