Eating Behavior and Dietary Intake of Adolescent Girls

• Published in: Eiyōgaku zasshi Vol. 29; no. 4; pp. 161 - 167
• Main Authors: Arai, Moto, Muto, Shizuko
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: The Japanese Society of Nutrition and Dietetics 1971
• ISSN: 0021-5147; 1883-7921
• DOI: 10.5264/eiyogakuzashi.29.161

Notwithstanding recent favourable nutritional status of Japanese in general, frequent occurence of anemia and poor physical strength are much concerned among adolescent boys and girls. To get more wise nutrition teaching program, eating behavior and dietary intake of the high school girls were investigated. (1) On eating behavior, over 43% of 741 girls controlled their food intake to prevent obesity, though obese girls were only 2% of them: they ristricted the cereals mostly. Inadequate snack eating seemed to result in poor appetite in the morning. Two third of the subjects were interested in nuritional information, so that they use it when they select food. (2) On dietary intake, their caloric intake was about 78% of the recommended allowance and the energy expenditure exceeded the caloric intake. The ratio of the calorie from the cereals to total, was considerably low compared with that of Japanese. The caloric intake was highly correlated to the intakes of protein, calcium, iron, Vitamin A, thiamin and riboflavin, respectively. Although, protein intake was sufficient, Vitamin A were deficient to the certain extent. From the view point of food group intake, green and yellow vegetables and milk and milk products should be increased.