Abstract
This study was conducted to identify actual practices and changes over time in eating habits and food attitudes of university students. Data from university students attending University A in Kyushu were collected for three years between 2017 and 2019, and the trends in eating behaviors and food attitudes by sex and by residential status were analyzed. In total, 115 subjects (25 males, 90 females) who completed the “Dietary Lifestyle Survey” for three consecutive years were included in the study. To examine the changes over time in eating behavior and food attitudes, Cochran’s Q test was performed. Bonferroni’s multiple comparison test was used for the year-to-year comparison. The chi-squared test was used for comparison of sex and residential status.
According to the results of the survey, a significant decrease over the three-year period was observed in the numbers of those who ate breakfast, a significant increase in the numbers of those who were confident in their cooking, a significant decrease was observed in the number of female students who ate breakfast, and a significant decrease in the number of single-dwellers who ate breakfast and checked food labels.
