The Effects of Adults’ Dietary Habit Awareness on Obesity and Weight Control Park Sang-Sub1, Lee Yoon-Ho2 1Dept. Emergency Medical Technology, Chungcheong University, 38 Wolgok-Gil Gangnae-Myeon, Heungdeok-Gu, Cheongju-Si, Chungcheongbuk-Do, South Korea 2Dept. of Food & Nutrition, Chungcheong University, 38 Wolgok-Gil Gangnae-Myeon, Heungdeok-Gu, Cheongju-Si, Chungcheongbuk-Do, South Korea Online published on 14 May, 2018. Abstract This study aimed to analyze the effects of adults’ dietary habit awareness on obesity and weight control. This study used the data from the Korea Health Statistics 2015: Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (KNHANES) VI-3, which were disclosed in 2016. of 7, 380 respondents, a total of 4, 385 respondents were analyzed, with the exception of 2, 995 who were aged ≤20, who had missing values, and who made no response. The analysis was performed using an SPSS for Windows program 12.0 Version. Dietary supplement intake and nutrition labeling recognition affected weight control (p<.01). As for the association between obesity and weight control and subjective body image, the “weight gain group” (3.79) showed a higher level of subjective body image than the “weight loss group” (3.02) (p<.001). Dietary habit awareness affected obesity and weight control. On the basis of these results, it is necessary to improve programs and policies that can maintain a healthy life through improvement of dietary habits and obesity management and weight control. Top Keywords Dietary habit awareness, obesity, weight control, dietary habit, weight variation. Top |