A Study on Morphological Characteristic, Dietary Conditions and a Satisfaction Degree for a Body in Female Students ； Focusing on Difference between Present Body Weight and Ideal Body Weight

With 333 female students whose age were 19-22yrs in Aichi， Tottori and Fukuoka prefectures， the purpose of this study was to examine their present height， weight， morphological characteristics， a satisfaction degree for their present body and dietary conditions， to obtain these data， and to compare with characteristics of these topics between difference of present weight and ideal weight (PI-dif.). For this purpose， subjects were divided into three groups by the result of mean and standard deviation (SD) of PI -dif. The three groups which were the great difference group (G; mean+1SD of PI-dif)， little difference group (L; mean-1SD)， and the middle degree group (M; mean±0.5SD) between G and L. Morphological characteristic and dietary conditions were measured by self-check list. A satisfaction degree for their present body， diet experience， daily exercise， smoking and drinking by original questionnaire. Results were as followings; 1. Average height， weight and BMI (Body Mass Index) of all subjects were 158.Ocm， 52.3kg and 20.9 respectively. The ideal values were 161.3cm of\u27 height， 47.2kg of weight and 18.2 of BMI. 2. The sufficient rates of nutrition intake per day were low percentages (59-89%) from standard intake (100%)， there were no differences of them among three groups. 3. Any differences were recognized in the leg， the ankle， the upper part of a body and the body weight between every group relating to a satisfaction degree for present body. 4. There were significant percentages in diet experience between G (53% ) and M (45-%) or L (22%) group， and G (31%) and M (27%) or L (20%) group in daily exercise. According to these results， it was suggested that there were some invisible problems relating to eating habits and self-consciousness of a body based on a degree of presentideal body weight difference in female students