Department of Home Economics, Korea National Open University, Seoul 110-791, Korea.
Nutr Res Pract. 2008 Summer;2(2):107-13. doi: 10.4162/nrp.2008.2.2.107. Epub 2008 Jun 30.
This study was done to investigate the relationship between the perception of body image, body weight satisfaction or dietary behavior and self-rated health status in Korean college students. Subjects, 285 college students, were divided into three groups (healthy, normal, and unhealthy) according to the answer for the self-rated health question. Information about demographic status, self-rated health condition, height and weight, perception of body image, satisfaction of body weight, concern for body weight control, dietary behavior, nutritional knowledge, and health-related characteristics collected by a self-reported questionnaire. The proportion of men and women in each group was not significantly different. The academic year, major, experience of nutritional education, and type of residence were not significantly related with self-rated health but the pocket money range was significantly associated (p<0.05) with self-rated health. The proportion of subjects rated their health as unhealthy was the lowest in 210-300 thousand won pocket money range and was increased in less than 210 thousand won or over 300 thousand won pocket money ranges. There were no significant differences for age, height, weight and BMI between the groups. The body image perception and body weight satisfaction levels of healthy group was significantly higher than those of unhealthy group (p<0.01 and p<0.001, respectively), but the level of concern for body weight control in healthy subjects was significantly lower than that in unhealthy subjects (p<0.05). The proportion of subjects reported as healthy was significantly increased with increased frequencies of following food behaviors; weekly use of protein foods (p<0.01), vegetables (p<0.05) and dairy products (p<0.01), and food habits such as "regularity of meal time" (p<0.01), "eating in moderation" (p<0.05), and "eating breakfast" (p<0.001). Overall results suggested that the college students have tended to have a better perception of health when they have better body image perception, body weight satisfaction and dietary behaviors.
本研究旨在探讨韩国大学生对身体形象的感知、对体重的满意度或饮食行为与自感健康状况之间的关系。研究对象为 285 名大学生，根据自感健康问题的答案将其分为三组（健康、正常和不健康）。通过自报问卷收集人口统计学状况、自感健康状况、身高和体重、身体形象感知、体重满意度、对体重控制的关注、饮食行为、营养知识和健康相关特征的信息。每组中男女比例无显著差异。年级、专业、营养教育经历和居住类型与自感健康无显著关系，但零花钱范围与自感健康显著相关（p<0.05）。自感健康状况不佳的受试者比例在 21 万至 30 万韩元零花钱范围内最低，在少于 21 万韩元或超过 30 万韩元零花钱范围内则增加。三组之间年龄、身高、体重和 BMI 无显著差异。健康组的身体形象感知和体重满意度显著高于不健康组（p<0.01 和 p<0.001），但健康组对体重控制的关注度显著低于不健康组（p<0.05）。随着遵循食物行为频率的增加，报告为健康的受试者比例显著增加；每周食用蛋白质食物（p<0.01）、蔬菜（p<0.05）和乳制品（p<0.01），以及“按时就餐”（p<0.01）、“适量进食”（p<0.05）和“吃早餐”（p<0.001）等饮食习惯。总的来说，这些结果表明，当大学生对身体形象的感知、对体重的满意度和饮食行为更好时，他们往往会对健康有更好的感知。
