Korean J Prev Med.  1983 Oct;16(1):105-112.

The Diet and Physical Exercise Patterns of Bank Personnel for the Health Maintenance

• Yoon NK

Abstract

To characterize the diet and physical exercise patterns of bank personnel for the health maintenance, a questionnaire was administered to all the employees (1,249) of Daegu Bank in June 1983 among which 78.1% (976) responded. Three quarters of the respondents were between 20 and 34 years old. About 30% of 20-24 years old group were male compared with 73.1% of 25-39 years old group. Major findings of the survey are as follows: 1) The most concerned chronic disease of the respondents were in the order of cancer (27.4%), psychiatric disease (15.1%), hypertension (14.1%), heart disease (13.7%) and tuberculosis (7.9%). 2) For the prevention of adulthood disease and obesity, 53.4% of the respondents were restricting sugar intake; 40.9%, salt; and 35.1%, fat-rich food. 3) Among all the respondents 36.9% were making effort to reduce body weight and 17.7% were trying to gain body weight. 4) The proportion of respondents who practice physical exercise for the health maintenance was 82.9% in male and 62.5% in female.

MeSH Terms

Adult
Body Weight
Chronic Disease
Daegu
Surveys and Questionnaires
Diet*
Exercise*
Female
Heart Diseases
Humans
Hypertension
Male
Obesity
Surveys and Questionnaires
Tuberculosis