Acceptance of vegetable by high school girls in Seoul and its association with dietary behavioral factors

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the intakes, acceptance, and dietary behavioral factors of vegetable of girls' high school students who living in Seoul. The subjects were 124 and 120 of general and vocational girls' high school students, respectively. As a result, the students of general girls' high school consumed more vegetables and Kimchi at home than the vocational girls' high schools. From the results of the working mother rates, higher vegetable intakes of the students in the general girl's high schools was believed to be caused by lower rate of working mother. Moreover, the students who had working mother digested more vegetables and Kimchi at school than at homes. In the results of the correlation with cooking method and vegetable intakes, students preferred uncooked vegetable such as salads, and seasoned vegetables over steamed, boiled, fried, and pickled vegetables. Consequently, the results from research could be provided the information of the eating behaviors of students for the nutritional education to encourage digestion of vegetables.