Abstract
We investigated new pre-university students in terms of their family life regarding their dietary habits, tastes and lifestyle.
In this study, the polarization pattern of lean versus obese students had been investigated. In particular, women tended to understand the suitable dietary habits for a lean body, whereas the men tended to be obese. Therefore, nutritional education about the prevention of lifestyle-related diseases is important. The previous considerations from their family had an impact on the dietary habits, tastes and lifestyle of new students, and their awareness about their own health. Furthermore, their awareness of their dietary habits was also improved after being engaged in cooking. The new student’s awareness of their dietary habits, tastes and lifestyle was related to the presence or absence of basic dietary education.
Therefore, the nutritional education of new students utilizes information from dietary balance guidelines. It is necessary to improve the prevention of lifestyle-related diseases, such as obesity. The understanding of suitable dietary habits may improve concrete dietary habits, and may require the implementation of cooking training and cooking classes.
