An Investigation into Diet Behaviors in Young Female Students of College and Junior College

Abstract

When one becomes independent from home, it's a crucial period for one to practice self discipline. During this period, it is important for one to redirect their bad dietary habit to a proper dietary habit. The purpose of this study was to investigate diet behaviors in young female students of college and junior college and to clarify the factor which has an influence on having breakfast. Data of this study is of 209 students (mean age 19 .0 ± 2.2 years) who responded to the selfadministered diet behavior questionnaire. The percentage of skipping breakfast was 35 .9%. Results of Chi-square tests showed that there was not relationship between skipping breakfast and shingle household. In the morning, a consumption of rice (58.5%) and bread (36.3%) was observed among these students. 29.2% of those reported having little interest in eating . We found that the factor related having breakfast was required eating time of breakfast using the multivariate analysis (partial correlation coefficient R = 0.641). These results suggest that having breakfast is necessary for appropriate lifestyle.