title: Relationship among self-reported fatigue, dietary taurine intake, and dietary habits in Korean college students.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship among -self-reported fatigue, dietary taurine intake, and dietary habits in Korean college students. The subjects were 239 college students (142 male and 97 female) residing in the Incheon, Korea. Self-reported fatigue score was determined using a questionnaire of "Subjective Symptoms of Fatigue Test." The average physical fatigue score (p ;< ;0.001), mental fatigue score (p ;< ;0.01), nervous fatigue score (p ;< ;0.001), and total fatigue score (p ;< ;0.001) of female students were significantly higher compared to male students. Average dietary taurine intake in male and female was 102.5 mg/day and 98.0 mg/day, respectively. There was no significant correlation between self-reported fatigue score and dietary taurine intake. However, there was significantly negative correlation between self-reported fatigue scores and dietary habits such as "eating meals at regular times" (p ;< ;0.05), "eating foods such as meat, fish, eggs, and beans more than two times a day" (p ;< ;0.05), "eating greenish yellow vegetable every meal" (p ;< ;0.05), and "avoiding eating sweet foods everyday" (p ;< ;0.05). Therefore, in order to reduce self-reported fatigue, it is necessary to provide nutrition education and counseling for better dietary habit in Korean college students, and a further large-scale study is needed about relationship of self-reported fatigue and dietary taurine intake.
authors: Department of Food and Nutrition, Inha University, Incheon, South Korea.
authors: So Yoon
authors: SY
authors: Park
authors: Jeong Soon
authors: JS
authors: You
authors: Kyung Ja
authors: KJ
authors: Chang
mesh_terms: D004032:Diet; D005221:Fatigue / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D056910:Republic of Korea; D057566:Self Report; D013334:Students; D013654:Taurine / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D013654:Taurine