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A Study on Eating Habits and Breakfast Conditions of High School Students in Gyeonggido

This study had researched eating habits of some high school students of Gyeonggido area. The research targets were total 115 students with 61 males (53%) and 54 females (47%). As a result of researching breakfast behavior and sense, breakfast was the most skippable meal with 75% and it was also answered as the most important meal for health with 71%. On the other hand, the most enjoyable meal was answered as dinner with 66%. In addition, 62% of the study target had answered ‘lack of time’ for the cause of skipping breakfast, and for the eating speed, the answer of ‘within 10 minutes’ was shown highest with 48%. As a result of researching snacks, 67% had answered to have snacks ‘more than once a day’, and ‘crackers and breads’ were shown as the highest wi th 31% for the snack type. The main reason for eating snacks was ‘because of hunger’, which showed highest answer ratio with 21%. As a result of researching general eating habits, 70% of the total study targets had answered ‘eating slowly’, showing most people are interested in balance of the meal. For the question ‘I tend to eat slowly’, ‘no’ was the highest answer with 34%. For an eating habit to be corrected, ‘overeating’ showed the highest answer ratio with 24%. In conclusion, an active and professional education on nutrition at home and school is essential to create appropriate eating habits of teenagers and to encourage regular breakfast.