Summary: | 碩士 === 臺北醫學大學 === 保健營養學研究所 === 102 === With life expectancy increasing, osteoporosis is the second life threatening disease, next to cardiovascular. It is worthy of studying whether osteoporosis is relevant to eating out or not, because more and more people eat out these days in Taiwan.
This research concentrated on the relations among eating out, related nutritional factors, and bone loss by using the program facts of “ 2004-2008 Nutrition and Health Survey in Taiwan ”, the Department of Health. 1,140 individuals, out of 6,189 the original samples, participated in dual-energy X-ray bone density measured absorption-type test, analyzed by descriptive statistics and inferential statistics to find the answer that osteoenia is associated with the frequency of eating out, demographic variables ( age, gender, education, marital status, place of birth ), BMI, waist, related nutrients, and basking. The results are.As a result, Eating out decreases calcium intake, but protects the bone factor. The obese eat out less. The low-income eat out few, but tend to have osteoporosis. The young highly educated consume calcium less.
The conclusion is that eating out does not cause osteoporosis, but affects the amount of calcium intake. Diet preference and culture lead to Taiwanese taking insufficient calcium. Academic degree is not equal to health. Relatively, the higher income may assist to consume nutrition, and it could be an effect that they may choose a variety of foods. The single males are seriously at risk of osteopenia.
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