Korean Journal of Community Nutrition (대한지역사회영양학회지)

The Korean Society of Community Nutrition (대한지역사회영양학회)
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Snacking Behaviors of Middle and High School Students in Seoul

서울시 중고등학생의 간식 섭취 실태

  • Choi, Seul-Ki (Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University) ;
  • Choi, Hyeon-Jeong (Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University) ;
  • Chang, Nam-Soo (Department of Food and Nutritional Science, Ewha Womens University) ;
  • Cho, Sung-Hee (Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Catholic University of Daegu) ;
  • Choi, Young-Sun (Department of Food and Nutrition, Daegu University) ;
  • Park, Hye-Kyung (Korea Food and Drug Administration) ;
  • Joung, Hyo-Jee (Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul National University)
  • Published : 2008.04.30
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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate snacking behavior in adolescents. We selected one middle school and one high school in 11 school districts in Seoul. The subjects were 1,813 students (904 boys and 909 girls) in 21 schools (11 middle schools and 10 high schools). Subjects reported their snacking behavior: snack frequency, snack type, snack time, with whom to eat snack, place to purchase snack. The subjects were classified into four groups by gender and schooling. The mean snack frequency was 2.8. Girls ate snacks more frequently than boys (p < 0.001). More than half of subjects ate 1 to 3 snacks a day. Only 9.3% of them did not eat any snack. Tangerine was highly ranked in snack type. Each subject groups had different snack time (p < 0.01) and type of snack (p < 0.001). Most snack was consumed alone (46.6%), however they mainly ate fruits and other foods with family. 46.9% of snacks were purchased outside. A typical snack time was 'before dinner' for most snacks except fruits. Unhealthy foods like soft drinks, cookies, chips, candies, chocolates, ice creams had relatively high proportion in snack consumption with friends. In conclusion, adolescents had different snacking behaviors by their age and gender. These results indicate necessities of multi-dimensional efforts at home, school, media and government level considering adolescents' age and gender for their healthy snacking behavior.

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