중학생의 간식섭취, 편식, 식사태도간의 상호관계

Relationships among Snacks, Unbalanced Diet, and Eating Behavior of Middle School Students

The purpose of this study was to find out the relationships among snacks, unbalanced diet, and eating bahaviors of middle school students. Subjects of this study were randomly selected from middle school students living in Chung-Buk and data were collected by questionaires. Major findings were as follows: First, majority of respondents felt snacks necessary for them. They were influenced by T.V advertisement when they chose snacks. Most students had snack habitually, and girl students had snacks more frequently than boy students. The students who had more pocketmoney had more snacks than hose who had less pocketmoney. Second, girl students were more fastidious than boy students about foods. The students who took instnat noodles and snacks more frequently got lower scores of eating befaviors than those who took instnat noodles and snacks less frequently. Finally, freueant snacks and unbalanced diet gad strong raltionships with lower scores of eating behaviors. In conclusion, the findings implied that nutrition-education through mass media like T.V may be effective and nutrition education also should be practiced both at school and at home for the students good eating behaviors and health.