Journal of the East Asian Society of Dietary Life (동아시아식생활학회지)
- Volume 16 Issue 6
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- Pages.787-794
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- 2006
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- 1225-6781(pISSN)
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- 2288-8802(eISSN)
The Usage of Nutrition Information on Internet by Users' Occupations
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- Cho, Kuk-Hee (Dept. of Food Science and Nutrition, Catholic University of Daegu) ;
- Choi, Bong-Soon (Dept. of Food Science and Nutrition, Catholic University of Daegu) ;
- Seo, Ju-Young (Dept. of Food Science and Nutrition, Catholic University of Daegu) ;
- Lee, In-Sook (Dept. of Division of Food Service Industry, Uiduk University) ;
- Park, Geum-Soon (Dept. of Food Science and Technology, Catholic University of Daegu)
- 조국희 (대구가톨릭대학교 식품영양학과) ;
- 최봉순 (대구가톨릭대학교 식품영양학과) ;
- 서주영 (대구가톨릭대학교 식품영양학과) ;
- 이인숙 (위덕대학교 외식산업학과) ;
- 박금순 (대구가톨릭대학교 외식산업학과)
- Published : 2006.12.28
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the interests in food and nutrition information of internet users, and find the major problems associated with the use of internet information. Of 660 internet users, including 152 professionals, 127 white-collars, 130 college students, and 29 others, 66.4% had accessed the internet to obtain information. Of the subjects, 71% had used the internet to obtain nutrition information, 91.3% of which answered that they would keep using the internet for this purpose. The area of greatest interest and need of the professional users, in relation to nutrition information from the internet, was 'recipe and menu' (p<0.001). Whereas, the white-collars were most interested in nutrition information for 'diet for weight control' and 'diet'(p<0.001). Students were most interested in nutrition information related to 'diet' and 'diet for weight control'(p<0.001). Due to the variety of interests and applications of different users, there is a need to develop specialized nutrition information sites for internet users to easily obtain reliable and valuable information.