A study on the dietary counseling room for University students

Abstract

To maintain good health in the future, it is important to acquire the ability to have a diet based on correct knowledge. However, there were many survey results on the disorder of eating habits in the university student generation, and the importance of dietary education is pointed out. In this study, we opened a dietary counseling room in the university, and investigated the dietary habits, and measured the body composition of university students who came to this dietary counseling room. As a result, their eating habits had many things to improve. In particular, male students and students living alone had many problems with eating habits. It was suggested that these students should be careful in dietary education. Many of the motives for visiting the dietary counseling room were "because it looked interesting" and "because I was a little interested". From these facts, it was considered that the dietary counseling room was effective as a place for casual visits. In addition to the contents of these motives for visiting the room, about 80% of the students answered that they wanted to improve their eating habits, so it was inferred that students who had some interest in eating habits came to the room. Therefore, how to approach students who are not interested in eating habits is an issue for the future. Furthermore, if we aim to become a more useful dietary counseling room, we need to consider how to operate and utilize it from various perspectives.